The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Lucy Idle ( - fl. 1699)
Donator of object(s)Relevant locations: Lived at or near Holbeck (Yorkshire)
Lived at or near Leeds, Leeds Parish
Relationships: Lucy Idle was a wife of Michael Idle (-1697)
Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725) was a nephew of Lucy Idle
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Letters Addressed to Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S.: Printed from the Originals in the Possession of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society .
as Mentioned or referenced by - The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. author of the topography of Leeds. (1677-1724).
as Mentions or references - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Indian Bonnet of very fine curious Workmanship; the
Out-side
consists of six Triangles, of Crimson and Black waved; the Interstices
of Yellow, with Lines of Black and Crimson intermix'd; the Inside
is of Straw-work, Red, Purple and Yellow waved after a different
Manner. Don.
Tho. Garway .
; one of red Velvet withEnglish Caps
sixteen Rows of Silver Lace; another of Tissue Cloth of Silver; a
third so lately used as my Grandfather
broidered with Gold and Silver, thick set with Spangles; the peaked
Lace clear Gold.
Literati.
Don.
made ofIndian Cap
Rushes, partly of their
Native Colour, and partly dyed Purple, very curiously woven with
indented Rows, and a Tuft like the former.
very richlyQuoife
embroidered with Gold and black Silk. Don.
ther
Hutton
Crosscloth , or
Brow-bit, of the like curious Needle-work, the Flowers of various Co
lours well shaded and richly embroidered; it was my
Idle;
of Lace, and different Sorts of Needle-Work.
.Peaks
of various Forms and Heights.Com
mode-wires
mode-wires
brow-bit, curious needle work wrough
in silk of great variety of colours ...
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