Samplers by Susan Mayor & Diana

Samplers by Susan Mayor & Diana Fowle

In years gone by, many young needlewomen practiced their skills and demonstrated their achievements in embroidered samplers. The 26 large-format plates in this collection represent all kinds of samplers. An authoritative commentary by the authors traces their history from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. This book will delight and inspire everyone with an interest in needlework, from historians and designers to enthusiastic embroiderers and collectors.

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