Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

212 Arts and Crafts in tl1e �1iddle Ages

Cornpany of Bгodeгers, ,vhich flouгisl1ed uпtil about thc гeign of Charles I., ,vhen there is а complaiпt гegisteгed that "t1·ade "·as so шuch decayed and gro"'ll out of use, that а gгeat рагt of the сошраnу, for ,vant of ernploy­ шeпt, wеге rnuch iшpoverished." Raised embгoidery, "'hen it was padded with cottoп, was called Stнrnp \V01·k. TЬis ,Yas ma�e extcnsively Ьу tl1e nш1s of Little Gidcling iп the sixteeпth апd seventeenth centuгies. Decidcd cl1aпges апd develop­ rnents took place in tlie sevcпteentl1 and eighteenth centшies, in all foгms of crnbroidery, but these аге not fOl' us to consideг at pгesent. А study of historic saшples аlопе is nюst ternpting, but the1·e is no spacc fог tl1c intrusion of any subject шнсh late1· than the Renais­ �nce.