Needlework: An Illustrated History

Needlework: An Illustrated History edited by Harriet Bridgeman & Elizabeth Drury

Over the last decade, needlework has become a favorite pastime for countless numbers of people. This is the first comprehensive and authoritative history of needlework from eighteen countries in the Western world - The United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Central Europe and Russia. Every country's needlework is described in separate sections to show how local customs and available materials affected the work of each nation and region during different periods, producing marked variations in style and technique.

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