An article based on a lecture to the Needle and Bobbin Club surveying English domestic embroidery from the Elizabethan period to the reign of Queen Anne. It covers black work, costume accessories, pillows and cushions, table carpets, bed valances and curtains, book bindings, needlework pictures, stump work, caskets, samplers, screen panels and chair upholstery. Fifteen plates show pieces, many from Judge Irwin Untermyer's collection, including a headdress, valances, gloves, purses, a casket and samplers.