Embroidery and Lace
Their Manufacture and History From the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Day; A Handbook for Amateurs, Collectors, and General Readers (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Embroidery and Lace: Their Manufacture and History From the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Day; A Handbook for Amateurs, Collectors, and General Readers

This book has been compiled with the view of supplying a link which has been missing in the history of embroidery, no serious work on this fascinating subject having been hitherto published. This may appear strange when one reflects that few arts have been more universally practised. True, several books have been written about various classes and aspects of embroidery. Amongst others, there are Lady Marian Alford's Needlework as Art, Miss Dolby's Church Embroidery, Miss Higgin's Handbook of Embroidery, Dr. Rock's Textile Fabrics, and the Countess of Wilton's Art of Needlework.

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