Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

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over her eyes; " so accounts diffeг and traditions allo,v consideraЫe scope f 01' vai·ied prefепеd inteгp1·etatio11. It is st,ated that CatЬerine de Medicis ,vas foпd of ncedle,vork, passing Ьеl' evenings eшbгoideгing in silk "wllich was as peгfect as \Vas possiЫe," saysBгantome. Авnе of Brittany insti·uetcd three lшndred of the childreп of thc noЫes at her сошt, in tЬе нsе of the needle. Thesc childгen pгoduced seveгal tapestгies, wl1ich were presented Ьу tl1e queen to vaгious cl1шcl1es. The Yolatile Countess of Shre,vsbuгy, the mucЬ married "Bess of Haгdwick," was а good embroidei·ess, wlю wшked, рrоЬаЫу, in company ,vith the Queen of Scots wl1en tl1at uнfortunate \Voma11 ,vas under the gua1·diaвsllip of the ЕагI of Shrewsbury. One of these pieces is signed Е. S., and dated 1590. А form of iпtгicat,e pattem embгoideгy in Ыасk silk on fine linen was cxecнted in Spaiв iн the sixteenth ceвtury, and was knovm as " Ыасk work." Viscount Falkland owns somc impoгtaвt specimens of tl1is cшious woгk. It was int1·oducecl iпto England Ьу Katl1eгine of Aragon, and Ьесаше vегу popular, being exceedingly sнitaЫe and serviceaЫe for personal adol'llшeпt. The Ыасk was ofteн relieved Ьу gold 01· silve1· thread. The Petit Point, ог siпgle sqнarc stitch он caпvas, Ьесаше populaг in England dшiпg tЬе гeign of Eliza­ beth. It suggested Gobelins tapestry, оп а small scale, when finished, a]though the method of execнtion is quitc different, being needlework рше and simple. In Elizabetl1's time v.as incoI'poгated the London