A book of old embroidery

A book of old embroidery

The Editor wishes to express his thanks to Mr. A. F. Kendrick (Keeper of the Department of Textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum), Professor and Mrs. P. E. Newberry, Miss Louisa F. Pesel, Sir William Lawrence, Bart., Mr. A. J. B. Wace (Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens), Mr. P. G. Trendell, Mr. Cecil Tattersall, Mr. A. E. Munday, the Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, and the Librarian of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, all of whom have rendered valuable assistance in various ways in the preparation of this volume. He also desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the numerous collectors who have allowed examples of old embroidery in their possession to be reproduced. Their names appear with the respective illustrations. With regard to the specimens from the Victoria and Albert Museum, it should be stated that these are reproduced from the official copyright negatives, with the permission of the Authorities of the Museum.

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A BOOK OF OLD EMBROIDERY

PREFATORY NOTE

CONTENTS

Introduction

Antiquity

Early Middle Ages

Great Britain

Italy

France

Spain And Portugal

Netherlands

Germany

Switzerland

Scandinavia

Greek Islands

Western Turkestan

Persia

North Africa

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EGYPT

NORMAN

SICILY

ENGLAND

Spain

FRANCE

PORTUGAL

GERMANY

SWITZERLAND

CRETE

TURKISH

GREEK ISLANDS

Albania

BOKHARA

TURKEY

PERSIA

CHINA

DUTCH EAST INDIES

MOROCCO