The development of embroidery in America

A history of the needlework of the world would be a history of the domestic accomplishment of the world, that inner story of the existence of man which bears the relation to him of sunlight to the plant.

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INTRODUCTORY THE STORY OF THE NEEDLE

CHAPTER I BEGINNINGS IN THE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER II THE CREWELWORK OF OUR PURITAN MOTHERS

CHAPTER III SAMPLERS AND A WORD ABOUT QUILTS

CHAPTER IV A MORAVIAN WORK, PORTRAITURE, FRENCH EMBROIDERY, AND LACEWORK

CHAPTER V BERLIN WOOLWORK

CHAPTER VI REVIVAL OF EMBROIDERY, AND THE FOUNDING OF THE SOCIETY OF DECORATIVE ART

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