Embroidered Georgian Pictures

by Margaret Swain

Book Overview

Meticulously embroidered pictures that could be framed and displayed formed a part of a girl's education throughout the Georgian period in Britain (1714-1830). This book explores the subjects and techniques associated with them and also looks briefly at the work produced in American schools. As well as schoolgirls, prominent women such as Miss Morritt, Mrs Knowles and Miss Linwood produced large embroidered pictures to simulate paintings, which although...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747802564
• ISBN13: 9780747802563
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 8.3"