History of Decorated Fabric continued 
 
Did you know there is an online chapter of the Embroiders Guild? 
 www.Cyberstitchers.com             
 
References        
  A Mediterranean Society, S. D. Goitein, Six volume set, University of California Press, 1999. 
  A Schole-House For The Needle, from the private collection of John and Elizabeth Mason, 1998.
  "America Found and Lost", Charles C. Mann, National Geographic, May 2007, pp. 32-67. 
  Apropos Patterns for Embroidery, Lace, and Woven Textiles, Margaret Abegg, Volume IV,
        1998.  
  Art of Embroidery, History of Style and Technique, Lanto Synge, 2001.
  Blackwork, Mary Gostelow, Dover, 1998.
  Blackwork Embroidery, Elisabeth Geddes and Moyra McNeil, Dover, 1976.
  Blue and White, the Cotton Embroideries of Rural China, Baker and Lunt, 1977.  
  "Collecting Qing dynasty textiles", Carol Dean Krute, Antiques, March 2001, pp.442-451. 
        (besides being a very interesting article, it verifies the active role
         missionaries had in the collection of Chinese embroideries).
  Bed Rugs, Jessie Armstead Marshal, 2000. 
  Deerfield Embroidery, Margery Burnham Howe, 1976. 
  Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt, Marianne Ellis, 2001.
  Embroidery Motifs from Old Dutch Samplers, Albarta Meulenbelt-Nieuwburg, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974.  Thank you so much Julia.
  German Renaissance Patterns for Embroidery, A Facsimile Copy of Nicolas Bassee's New 
        Modelbuch of 1568. Curious Works Press, 1994 
  Homespun and Blue, Martha Genung Stearns, 1940. 
  How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill, 1995.
  (A Pictorial History of Embroidery), La Broderie, Schuette Marie and 
        Sigrid Muellar-Christensen, traduction française de A. Robineau, ©Ernst Wasmuth, 
        Editeur, Tübingen, 1963.
  "Masters of Gold", by Mike Edwards, National Geographic, June, 2003, 
        pp.112-129. (Incredibly beautiful!)  Scythian gold jewelry from 27 centuries ago 
        or the 7th century B.C., the designs are very modern, highly stylized, very 
        sophisticated by any era's standards. 
  New Little Pattern Book by Peter Quentel–1527/1529, A Facsimile of 
        Hiersemann's 1882  Reprint, Copyright 2001, Linn R. Skinner.  (What a find!)
  Patterns Embroidery: Early 16th Century, Claude Nourry & Pierre De Saincte Louie, Lacis, 1999.
  Patterns of Fashion, The cut and construction of clothes for men and women, c 1560-1620,  
        Janet Arnold, Drama Books, 1985. The sleeve is an elaborate affair with a number of devises 
        to enhance the basic foundation of the dress bodice.In the 1587 sleeve there is a gauzy outer 
        sleeve of sheer silk called cypress placed over the embroidered sleeve and then the embroidered 
        sleeve cuff is turned back over the sheer outer sleeve. The sleeves are detachable from the 
        bodice and may have been puffed to hide the ties the Elizabethan used to attach the sleeves to 
        different bodices, or to the rolls used at the shoulders of the garment, but most likely the 
        ladies copied what Queen Elizabeth wore. Janet Arnold gives more details of these sleeves and 
        rolls in her book.
  Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery and Needlepoint, Federico Vinciolo, An unabridged 
        facsimile of the "Singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts of 1587, Dover Books, 1971.    
  "Report from Europe" by Miriam Kramer, Antiques, October, 2002, pp. 58-59. 
  Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Clare Browne and Jennifer Wearden, 1999 edition. 
  "Sampler and Antique Needlework", Quarterly, Winter 2000, Issue 21. 
  The Cult of Elizabeth, Roy Strong, 1999.
  The Age of Homespun, Object and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 2001 
        I dislike neat and orderly lists! You may get the top listed book and 
        never look past it, please don't! Find them all, read them, and enjoy 
        the incredible worlds they open up.
        Linda Fontenot, August 11, 2002