Charted Folk Designs for Cross-stitch Embroidery
Charted Folk Designs for Cross-stitch Embroidery

Author: Mária Szirmai Fóris Kocsis

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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Dover Publications produce a wide range of titles covering art, graphic novels, literature, music, mathematics, craft and activity books, children's bookseducational resources and much more.

Old Handmade Lace
Old Handmade Lace

Author: Emily Jackson

Publisher: Dover Publications

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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Profusely illustrated, authoritative study traces evolution of lace-making from ancient Egypt to late 19th century.

Needle Work
Needle Work

Author: Catherine J. Sestay

Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 176

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Needlework through History
Needlework through History

Author: Catherine Amoroso Leslie

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-04-30

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0313342474

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Needlework serves functional purposes, such as providing warmth, but has also communicated individual and social identity, spiritual beliefs, and aesthetic ideals throughout time and geography. Needlework traditions are often associated with rituals and celebrations of life events. Often-overlooked by historians, practicing needlework and creating needlework objects provides insights to the history of everyday life. Needlework techniques traveled with merchants and explorers, creating a legacy of cross-cultural exchange. Some techniques are virtually universal and others are limited to a small geographical area. Settlers brought traditions which were sometimes re-invented as indigenous arts. This volume of approximately 75 entries is a comprehensive resource on techniques and cultural traditions for students, information professionals, and collectors.