Embroidery
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A short dictionary entry defining embroidery as ornamentation by raised figures of needlework. It gives a brief historical and ethnographic survey, citing the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians and Persians, biblical and Homeric references, Arab tents, Tartar, Persian, Chinese and North American Indian work. It ends with a note that embroidery is generally worked on a frame.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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