Needlework Through the Ages (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Needlework Through the Ages: A Short Survey of Its Development in Decorative Art, With Particular Regard to Its Inspirational Relationship With Other Methods of CraftsmanshipStudied properly, embroidery is extremely valuable as forming a guide to the tendencies of a period; it helps to illustrate literature, and supplies an important part Of a picture Of the social history. The first essential, however, is to approach the subject with an open but critical mind and examine severely the credentials for the date of any piece. Once a series of definitely dated pieces has been formed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.