THE ART OF NEEDLE-WORK, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES;
Reading edition
INCLUDING
SOME NOTICES OF THE
ANCIENT HISTORICAL TAPESTRIES
EDITED BY
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE COUNTESS OF WILTON.
“I WRITE THE NEEDLE’S PRAYSE.”
THIRD EDITION.
LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. —— 1841.
TO
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY
THE QUEEN DOWAGER
THIS LITTLE WORK,
INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF AN ART ENNOBLED BY HER MAJESTY’S PRACTICE, AND BY HER EXAMPLE RECOMMENDED TO THE
WOMEN OF ENGLAND,
IS,
BY HER MAJESTY’S MOST GRACIOUS PERMISSION,
INSCRIBED,
WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT,
BY HER MAJESTY’S MOST GRATEFUL
AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT,
THE AUTHORESS.