English domestic needlework, 1660-1860 |
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1961 / 255 pages / 185
Contents
Introduction | 13 |
GENERAL TRENDS | 16 |
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND EASTERN INFLUENCES | 30 |
19 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
17th century Albert Museum apron associated back stitch background bags basket beads bed furniture Berlin wool braid broidered buttonhole canvas chain stitch chairs Chapter chinoiserie cloth collector coloured silks cotton couched cover coverlets craft crewel cross stitch curtains cushions dated decorative delight drawn thread dress early 17th early 18th-century effect elaborate Elizabethan embroidered England English fabric fashion figures flowers fringes gilded gloves gold and silver inches inventory Lady late 16th later linen metal threads motifs needle needlewoman needlework noted opus Anglicanum ornament pair panels patchwork patterns pearls period petticoat pictorial embroidery pieces pillow pincushion popular portrait printed purl purse Queen quilting ribbon rich samplers satin stitch silk silks and metal silver thread smocking spangles specimens stem stitchery Stuart stump style surface embroidery tapestry tasselled tent stitch thimble Tudor velvet Victoria Victoria and Albert wear white satin wire wool yellow
Bibliographic information
| Title | English domestic needlework, 1660-1860 |
| Author | Therle Hughes |
| Publisher | Abbey Fine Arts, 1961 |
| Length | 255 pages |
| Subjects | Needlework |
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