<p>This book centers around the Metropolitan Museum of Art€™s preeminent collection of embroidered objects from England€™s late Tudor and Stuart eras. These seventeenth-century embroideries, some eighty works in all, include samplers, gloves, headgear, purses, raised work panels, boxes and mirrors, portrait miniatures, lavishly embroidered Bibles, and a spectacular burse made to hold the Great Seal of England. In a series of essays the book explores the important role of embroidery in the history of textiles and decorative arts and also offers new insight into the role of women in the production of decorative arts. Expert scholars discuss embroidered furnishings, fashion accessories, biblical narratives, and pastoral imagery, to create a superb and comprehensive overview of embroidery during this tumultuous period in English history.</p>

English Embroidery From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700: 'Twixt Art and Nature

Arts & Photography

Watt, Melinda

Morrall, Andrew

History & Criticism

Bard Center

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