Old English Embroidery: Its Technique and Symbolism (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Old English Embroidery: Its Technique and SymbolismThe art Of embroidery, of representing scenes and figures with the needle, is probably the oldest art in existence. It preceded painting and Sculpture, to which in time it gave place.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.