Why were samplers made, how can their age be judged, and what do their alphabets, verses and motifs reveal about the girls who stitched them? Huish answers from a wide survey of English examples, including comically distorted map samplers, then turns to the pictorial tapestry embroideries of the Tudor and Stuart periods.
A standard early study for needleworkers, collectors and historians of women’s domestic art. Download the free EPUB.