id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 17585 Davenport, Cyril English Embroidered Bookbindings .txt text/plain 31923 1731 76 1635, and is of white satin, with a small tulip worked in coloured silk found on Royal books bound in velvet, rarely occurring on silk or satin, frames or edges of metallic threads or fine gold or silver cords. The edges of the leaves of books bound in England in embroidered flowers and leaves, all worked in needle-point lace with coloured silks bindings were rare--most of the embroidered work on books of that period worked in silver thread, and the edges of the boards are bound with worked in silver thread with small colour patches in silk. white and red roses, with stems and leaves worked in gold cord and Small books, mostly religious works, were bound in satin Several of the embroidered books on satin are worked chiefly in metal this book is a canvas bag, simply ornamented with a design worked in red ./cache/17585.txt ./txt/17585.txt