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Africa
Applique
Aran
Author_Catherine Amoroso Leslie
Bobbin lace
British Isles
Category=AFW
Category=JHM
Category=NHTB
Category=WFB
Central Asia
Crochet
Cross-stitch
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
Embellishment
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eq_bestseller
eq_crafts-hobbies
eq_history
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eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Feathers and Beetle wings
Indian Subcontinent
Knotting
Machine needlework
Macrame
Middle East -North America
Mirrorwork
Netting
Product details
- ISBN 9780313335488
- Weight: 539g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2007
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Catherine Amoroso Leslie is an Assistant Professor in The Fashion School at Kent State University where she teaches History of Costume, History of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and workshops in the Needle Arts.
