Needlework as Art
By Lady Marian Alford. Published in London by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington in 1886.
Lady Marian Alford, vice-president of the Royal School of Art-Needlework and editor of its Handbook of Embroidery, published Needlework as Art in 1886. It is a history of embroidery from the ancient world to Victorian England, with chapters on style, design, patterns, materials, colour, stitches, hangings, furniture, dress, church work and English embroidery.
The whole book is here, in 14 parts, with 121 of its pictures.
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—— LONDON: PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.
DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO THE QUEEN.
TO
THE QUEEN.
Your Majesty’s most gracious acceptance of the Dedication of my book on “Needlework as Art” casts a light upon the subject that shows its worthiness, and my inability to do it justice. Still, I hope I may fill a gap in the artistic literature of our day, and I venture to lay my work at your Majesty’s feet with loyal devotion.
MARIAN M. ALFORD.
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