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The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries

By active 1840-1883 Sutherland Menzies

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THE ART OF NEEDLE-WORK, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES;
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
THE ART OF NEEDLEWORK.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II. EARLY NEEDLEWORK.
  - FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER III. NEEDLEWORK OF THE TABERNACLE.
- CHAPTER IV. NEEDLEWORK OF THE EGYPTIANS.
- CHAPTER V. NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI. THE DARK AGES.—“SHEE-SCHOOLS.”
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII. NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII. THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.—PART I.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IX. THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.—PART II.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER X. NEEDLEWORK OF THE TIMES OF ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XI. TAPESTRY.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XII. ROMANCES WORKED IN TAPESTRY.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIII. NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.—PART I.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIV. NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.—PART II.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XV. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVI. THE NEEDLE.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVII. TAPESTRY FROM THE CARTOONS.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE DAYS OF “GOOD QUEEN BESS.”
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIX. TAPESTRY OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, BETTER KNOWN AS TAPESTRY OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
  - FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER XX. ON STITCHERY.
  - FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER XXI. “LES ANCIENNES TAPISSERIES;” TAPESTRY OF ST. MARY’S HALL, COVENTRY; TAPESTRY OF HAMPTON COURT.
  - FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER XXII. EMBROIDERY.
- CHAPTER XXIII. NEEDLEWORK ON BOOKS.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXIV. NEEDLEWORK OF ROYAL LADIES.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXV. ON MODERN NEEDLEWORK.
  - FOOTNOTES: