Embroidery
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Reprint of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.) article on embroidery, with six plates. It surveys the history of decorative needlework from ancient Egypt, Persia and Greece through medieval and later European work (France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia), and also covers the Near East, India, China, Japan, Persia, Turkestan and North Africa. The article closes with a bibliography of older works on embroidery. The plates show English, German, Italian, Chinese, Icelandic, Cretan, Persian and Sicilian pieces, including the Bayeux Tapestry, the Syon Cope and a Sicilian Tristan quilt.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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