The Art Of Needle-work, From The Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices Of The Ancient Historical Tapestries
- Author(s): Elizabeth Stone and Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Wilton
- Category: Textiles, Clothing & Accessories
- Publisher: Henry Colburn
- Publish year: 1840
- ISBN: 9678000007230
- Number of Pages: 417
The chief aim of this volume is that of affording a comprehensive record of the most noticeable facts, and an entertaining and instructive gathering together of the most curious and pleasing associations, connected with" THE ART OF NEEDLEWORK," from the earliest ages to the present day; avoiding entirely the dry technicalities of the art, yet furnishing an acceptable accessory to every work-table-'-a fitting tenant of every boudoir.
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II - EARLY NEEDLEWORK
CHAPTER III - NEEDLEWORK OF THE TABERNACLE
CHAPTER IV - NEEDLEWORK OF THE EGYPTIANS
CHAPTER V - NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS
CHAPTER VI - THE DARK AGES.-" SHEE-SCHOOLS "
CHAPTER VII - NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES
CHAPTER VIII - THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY. PART I.
CHAPTER IX - THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.-PART II.
CHAPTER X - NEEDLEWORK OF THE TIMES OF ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY
CHAPTER XI - TAPESTRY
CHAPTER XII - ROMANCES WORKED IN TAPESTRY
CHAPTER XIII - NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.PART I
CHAPTER XIV - NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.PART II
CHAPTER XV - THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD
CHAPTER XVI - THE NEEDLE
CHAPTER XVII - TAPESTRY FROM THE CARTOONS
CHAPTER XVIII - THE DAYS OF "GOOD QUEEN BESS."
CHAPTER XIX - TAPESTRY OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, BETTER KNOWN AS TAPESTRY OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS
CHAPTER XX.ON STITCHERY
CHAPTER XXI - LES ANCIENNES TAPISSERIES ;" TAPESTRY OF ST.MARY'S HALL, COVENTRY; TAPESTRY OF HAMPTON COURT
CHAPTER XXII - EMBROIDERY
CHAPTER XXIII - NEEDLEWORK ON BOOKS
CHAPTER XXIV - NEEDLEWORK OF ROYAL LADIES
CHAPTER XXV - ON MODERN NEEDLEWORK