Samplers & tapestry embroideries

The sampler as a pattern, or example, from which to learn varieties of needlework, whether of design or stitches, must have existed almost as long as the Art of embroidery, which we know dates back into as distant a past as any of the Arts.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

CONTENTS

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK

PART I - SAMPLERS

PART II - EMBROIDERIES IN THE MANNER OF TAPESTRY PICTURES

PART III - STITCHERY OF PICTURES IN IMITATION OF TAPESTRY AND THE LIKE

II - THE STITCHERY OF SAMPLERS,WITH A NOTE ON THEIR MATERIALS

INDEX