| #5119641 in Books | Shire | 2008-03-04 | 2008-03-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.24 x.18 x5.87l,.24 | File type: PDF | 40 pages | ||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| another great shire volume|By E Rice|i have several of the booklets in the shire series, and all are fascinating. most of the titles i have are entirely or primarily concerned with british history.
these are not heavy tomes. i think the best description is 'overview.' still, the various authors manage to included a remarkable amount of information in each volume.About the Author|Pamela Clabburn worked as a freelance lingere, dressmaker, embroideress and textile conservationist until became Assistant Keeper of Social History at Strangers Hall Museum, Norwich, with special responsibility for textiles. She is now a textil
Beadwork developed as a decorative craft in Europe in the middle ages. It was first used to enhance embroidery but in the seventeenth century, complete objects were made from beads, and soon every girl was expected to include it among her accomplishments. There was a decline in the popularity of beadwork during the eighteenth century but in the nineteenth century feminine crafts of all kinds assumed great importance and beadwork flourished. This book describes and illust...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Beadwork (Shire Library) | Pamela Clabburn. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
