Needlework Through History: An Encyclopedia

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.

Author: Catherine Amoroso Leslie
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 04/30/2007
Series: Handicrafts Through World History
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 6.51h x 9.37w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9780313335488