The Art of Elizabethan Embroidery

The Art of Elizabethan Embroidery: Stitches and Variations Used in Colored Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery ~ England, 1558 - 1625 by Jane D. Zimmerman

Ms. Zimmerman wrote this book for educational purposes to assist her students in learning about the historical development and stitches of Elizabethan embroidery. After a thorough introduction which discusses the Elizabethan needleworker, design sources and materials, covered in detail are narrow line and outline stitches, wide line stitches detached stitches and miscellaneous stitches. This is followed by an excellent bibliography of both needlework reference books and articles and needlework stitch books and articles.

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