The art of needle-work, from the earliest ages
Subtitle: including some notices of the ancient historical tapestries
Publisher: H. Colburn
Published: 1840
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Introductory 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Early Needlework 11; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Needlework of the Tabernacle 23; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Needlework of the Egyptians 32; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Needlework of the Greeks and Romans 41; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: The Dark Ages — "Shee Schools" 56; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Needlework of the Dark Ages 64; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: The Bayeux Tapestry — Part I. 84; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: The Bayeux Tapestry. — Part II. 103; title: CHAPTER X.; title: Needlework of the Times of Romance and Chivalry 117; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Tapestry 148; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: Romances worked in Tapestry 165; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: Needlework in Costume. — Part I. 186; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: Needlework in Costume. — Part II. 209; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: "The Field of the Cloth of Gold" 231; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: The Needle 252; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: Tapestry from the Cartoons 273; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: The Days of "Good Queen Bess" 282; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: The Tapestry of the Spanish Armada; better known as the Tapestry of the House of Lords 301; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: On Stitchery 312; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: "Les Anciennes Tapisseries" Tapestry of St. Mary Hall, Coventry. Tapestry of Hampton Court 329; title: CHAPTER XXII.; title: Embroidery 342; title: CHAPTER XXIII.; title: Needlework on Books 355; title: CHAPTER XXIV.; title: Needlework of Royal Ladies 374; title: CHAPTER XXV.; title: Modern Needlework 395