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The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day - Hardcover

Beck, Thomasina

 
9780715302385: The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day

Synopsis

Using historical sources, Beck surveys embroiderers and their work from Elizabethan times to the present day. She discusses their sources of inspiration and design, as well as the changing ways in which they used these in dress and furnishings. The book includes sample motifs and stitch layouts.

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