Embroidery And Lace: : Their Manufacture And History From The Remotest Antiquity To The Present Day. A Handbook For Amateurs, Collectors, And General Readers...

This book has been compiled with the view of supplying a link which has been missing in the history of embroidery,no serious work on this fascinating subject having been hitherto published.

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PREFACE

CHAPTER I.DEFINITIONS.

CHAPTER II.THE EMBROIDERY OF ANTIQUITY.

CHAPTER III.FROM THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE CRUSADES.

CHAPTER IV.FROM THE CRUSADES TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER V.FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV

CHAPTER VI.FROM LOUIS XV. TO THE PRESENT TIME

PART II--LACES.NEEDLEPOINT LACE.CHAPTER I.THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY-- TRANSITION FROM EMBROIDERY TO NEEDLEPOINT LACE-MAKING.

CHAPTER II.THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY--VENETIAN POINTS MARKED INFLUENCE OF LOUIS XIV. AND COLBERT--POINT DE FRANCE.

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