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Needlework through History - An Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
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Needlework through History - An Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
Series: Handicrafts through World History
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Total price: R2,122
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Needlework serves functional purposes, such as providing warmth,
but has also communicated individual and social identity, spiritual
beliefs, and aesthetic ideals throughout time and geography.
Needlework traditions are often associated with rituals and
celebrations of life events. Often-overlooked by historians,
practicing needlework and creating needlework objects provides
insights to the history of everyday life. Needlework techniques
traveled with merchants and explorers, creating a legacy of
cross-cultural exchange. Some techniques are virtually universal
and others are limited to a small geographical area. Settlers
brought traditions which were sometimes re-invented as indigenous
arts. This volume of approximately 75 entries is a comprehensive
resource on techniques and cultural traditions for students,
information professionals, and collectors. Entries include:
-Applique -Aran -Bobbin lace -Crochet -Cross-stitch -Embellishment
-Feathers and Beetle wings -Knotting -Machine needlework -Macrame
-Mirrorwork -Netting -Patchwork -Quillwork -Samplers -Smocking
-Tatting -Whitework Geographical areas include: -Africa -British
Isles -Central Asia -East Asia -Southeast Asia -Pacific Region
-Eastern Europe -Eastern Mediterranean -Indian Subcontinent -Middle
East -North America -Scandinavia -South America -Western Asia
-Western Europe
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