Introductory: The story of the needle.--Beginnings in the new world.--The crewelwork of our Puritan mothers.--Samplers and a word about quilts.--Moravian work, portraiture, French embroidery and lacework.--Berlin woolwork.--Revival of embroidery, and the founding of the Society of Decorative Art.--American tapestry.--The Bayeux tapestries.
Summary
This illustrated volume includes a history of the art of embroidery and how it has evolved in the United States.