Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns by Sheila Paine

Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns

Sheila Paine

240 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction art history reference informative slow-paced
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Embroidery has been practiced for thousands of years, and the variety is astonishing: gold-embroidered Chinese court insignia, landscape-worked Japanese kimonos, Sumatran sarongs, Indian saris, Afghan chain-stitched purses, Turkish napkin borders,...

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