The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed
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- Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries
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1. Front matter2. THE ART OF NEEDLE-WORK, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES;3. PREFACE.4. CHAPTER I.5. CHAPTER II. EARLY NEEDLEWORK.6. CHAPTER III. NEEDLEWORK OF THE TABERNACLE.7. CHAPTER IV. NEEDLEWORK OF THE EGYPTIANS.8. CHAPTER V. NEEDLEWORK OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS.9. CHAPTER VI. THE DARK AGES.—“SHEE-SCHOOLS.”10. CHAPTER VII. NEEDLEWORK OF THE DARK AGES.11. CHAPTER VIII. THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.—PART I.12. CHAPTER IX. THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.—PART II.13. CHAPTER X. NEEDLEWORK OF THE TIMES OF ROMANCE AND CHIVALRY.14. CHAPTER XI. TAPESTRY.15. CHAPTER XII. ROMANCES WORKED IN TAPESTRY.16. CHAPTER XIII. NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.—PART I.17. CHAPTER XIV. NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.—PART II.18. CHAPTER XV. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.19. CHAPTER XVI. THE NEEDLE.20. CHAPTER XVII. TAPESTRY FROM THE CARTOONS.21. CHAPTER XVIII. THE DAYS OF “GOOD QUEEN BESS.”22. CHAPTER XIX. TAPESTRY OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, BETTER KNOWN AS TAPESTRY OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.23. CHAPTER XX. ON STITCHERY.24. CHAPTER XXI. “LES ANCIENNES TAPISSERIES;” TAPESTRY OF ST. MARY’S HALL, COVENTRY; TAPESTRY OF HAMPTON COURT.25. CHAPTER XXII. EMBROIDERY.26. CHAPTER XXIII. NEEDLEWORK ON BOOKS.27. CHAPTER XXIV. NEEDLEWORK OF ROYAL LADIES.28. CHAPTER XXV. ON MODERN NEEDLEWORK.