Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-07-20

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end the EgyPsisas. Who 6rst saPssys1
the iou- warp. - can b judged ey se0s
fragments preserved In tie Lsuvsa
The most removed prodnesioss ea0s
from the cessrs Of Asia, Bsbyloa, 0sediA
Pergsmus, Miletua. Tyre. The vslse
attached to tapestry frnm the time q
Homer proves the perfection Of the work
then produced BY hand. Who has not
thought of the scenes of sorrow, faith,
hope which Penelope may have wrought
upon that web which she 90 devotedly
unrsvelled each night for four long
yearsi This Industry was afterward
cultivated at Alexandra aid By zantium,
(Constantinople,) and passed from there
into Italy, thence into France. Tapes
tries of the high. warp were made from
the ninth century. Suspended on The
walls Of churches they contributed to
their decoration BY the representation Of
subjects taken from the Bible. In the
castles they reproduced miniatures, tstse
the chase, the expeditions Of warriors
The famous tapestry Of Bayeux. which
represents the conquest of England by
William, 10 an excellent specimen OF
such work. It is attributed to Queen
Matilda, whom we may picture seated, -
was the custom in feudal times, among
the women of her household, disp0sing
the various colored threads With 20 much
skill that her labor has been treasure 70
posterity. !.
/ When woman's work has contributed
to the recording of historic events, and
fair ladies, like her Of Shalott, have
served to grace the poets lines, shall W
persist in lasting such labors - humbls
and meniali
:. A few words regarding the littls -
piement with which 20 much handiw0gk
Il e accomplished, will " pxfd0nahlo
digression. Among the uneiviiixsd 80
pie, at : very early period, rude ~
tempts were made to form needles Ct
bodkins Of bone and ivory. by meaus Of
which they might stitch their garments
together; but among the more refined
nations of antiquity, a. the Chinese.
nindoos, Egyptians, Assyrians aud He
brews, fine needles must have beons u
common use. Pliny mentions needles
made of bronze for sewing and knitting
as being used in his time, aud bronze
needles of large size have been found
in Egyptian tombs, which must have
been made four thousand years ago.
The action Of moisture and the atmos-
phere would have destroyed smaller ones.
Tho Spanish OF steel needle was intro
duced into England in the time Of
Queen Elizabeth, but he.'process ~
which it was made was kept . secret
and the art was lost till the year 1880
when it was revived. Great improve
ments have since been introduced il
needle making, and the .fas steel nledl1e
of that period bear but faint resem-
blance to the delicate and highly-tem-
pered needle Of tho present day, wnich
requires to pas. thr0u yh the hands OF no
less than oae hundred and twenty work
4 men before it il ready for uss.--G. Ma
the Home Journal.
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