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This glorious book is filled with a wide ranging history of textiles and 350 superb illustrations drawn from many countries and sources vestments and costumes, samplers and pictures, great beds and furniture the story of embroidery and needlework is discussed within the fascinating context of the history of fabrics, of decorative costume, of interior decoration, of church and state ceremonial, of girls education, of furniture and pastimes silk, cotton, linen and the significance of colors and dyes are also considered two interesting chapters reveal the worldwide fascination with influence of chinese embroidery and indian textiles with a broad account of the artistic achievements of every facet of decorative needlework, the book is rich with the art-historical background encompassing the most magnificent of all embroidery, the mediaeval english vestments so coveted by popes and bishops across europe, to the domestic treasures created in more recent centuries baroque, rococo, neo-classical and other period characteristics are each discussed with reference to works created by children, young girls and ladies who made furniture coverings destined for posterity the nineteenth century saw extremes of art and fashion ranging from berlin woolwork to art needlework and the eclectic inspiration represented by william morris, all leading to simpler modernist styles which evolved over the twentieth century the author sets in political and social context the whole panoply of textiles, distinguishing between the magnificent products of professional workshops and the uniquely individual and especially charming amateur embroideries that survive today amongst the most beautiful treasures of the decorative arts
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Lanto Synge grew up in Ireland and was educated there and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined Mallett's in 1969 and is now Chief Executive of the company. He has been a member of the Council of the Royal School of Needlework since 1984 and has written several books on furniture and needlework history
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