Mastering Embroidery: 4 Classic Books on the Art of Embroidery
Classic Guides to Victorian Needlework, Decorative Stitches, and Textile DesignBy Candace Wheeler, Anne Knox Arthur, Marcus B. Huish
Length20h 47m
About this audiobook
Mastering Embroidery gathers four classic instructional texts into a rich survey of embroidery as both domestic art and serious design practice. Moving between practical guidance, historical observation, aesthetic principle, and pattern-minded craftsmanship, the volume reveals the breadth of needlework traditions at a moment when embroidery was being reassessed as an expressive art. Its selections encompass materials, stitches, colour, ornament, composition, and the relation of handwork to interior decoration and cultural inheritance. Particularly compelling are the passages that treat embroidery not merely as ornament, but as a medium of disciplined invention. The collection brings together Candace Wheeler, Anne Knox Arthur, and Marcus B. Huish, writers whose perspectives join artistic advocacy, technical instruction, and historical appreciation. Their works belong to the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century revival of decorative arts, when reformers and practitioners challenged the separation between "fine" art and craft. Across different professional and cultural positions, these voices illuminate embroidery's links to women's education, artisanal skill, design reform, and the preservation of inherited techniques. Their convergence gives the anthology unusual depth, balancing usable knowledge with a larger account of needlework's social and aesthetic significance. This volume is recommended for students of textile history, makers, design scholars, and readers drawn to the Arts and Crafts legacy. It offers a rare opportunity to compare approaches within a single compendium, tracing a productive dialogue between technique, taste, history, and creative labor.
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GenreOther, Literary Classics
Length20 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Development of Embroidery in America
25CHAPTER XII
2CHAPTER I BEGINNINGS IN THE NEW WORLD
26CHAPTER XIII
3CHAPTER III SAMPLERS AND A WORD ABOUT QUILTS
27Embroidery and Fancy Work
4CHAPTER IV MORAVIAN WORK, PORTRAITURE, FRENCH EMBROIDERY, AND LACEWORK
28INTRODUCTION.
5CHAPTER V BERLIN WOOLWORK
29DECORATIVE DESIGN.
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6CHAPTER VIII THE BAYEUX TAPESTRIES
30EMBROIDERY.
7Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries
31PAINTING IN OILS.
8List of Colour Plates
32FLOWER PAINTING
9PART I Samplers
33KENSINGTON AND LUSTRA PAINTING.
10PART II Embroideries in the Manner of Tapestry Pictures
34STENCILLING.
11II.—The Stitchery of Samplers, with a Note on their Materials
35WOOD CARVING.
12An Embroidery Book
36MODELLING IN CLAY.
13An embroidery book
37CASTING IN PLASTER.
14CHAPTER I
38MODELLING IN GUTTA-PERCHA.
15CHAPTER II
39LEATHER WORK
16CHAPTER III
40REPOUSSEE WORK.
17CHAPTER IV
41TO TRANSFER PATTERNS.
18CHAPTER V
42NETTING.
19CHAPTER VI
43GUIPURE D'ART.
20CHAPTER VII
44DRAWN THREAD WORK.
21CHAPTER VIII
45MACRAMÉ.
22CHAPTER IX
46CROCHET.
23CHAPTER X
47KNITTING.
24CHAPTER XI
48ODDS AND ENDS.
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