Encyclopedia of embroidery from Scandinavia and western Europe /

This is the first reference work to describe the history of embroidery throughout Scandinavia and western Europe from the Bronze Age to the present day. It offers an authoritative guide to all the major embroidery traditions of the region and a detailed examination of the material, technical, artist...

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Main Authors: Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian (Author), Vogelsang, Willem (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025.
Series:Bloomsbury world encyclopedia of embroidery.
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Table of Contents:
  • Background Information
  • Early Medieval Embroidery from Archaeological Sources
  • Later Medieval Embroideries
  • Renaissance and Later Embroideries (15th -18th Centuries)
  • Nineteenth Century and Later Embroidery
  • Regional Embroidery from Scandinavia
  • Urban and Regional Embroidery from Western Europe
  • Urban and Regional Embroidery from Southern Europe
  • Appendices.