Paperback. Tan binding with black title and embroidery design.

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Review: I own hundreds of needlework books: many stitch dictionaries and techniques encyclopedias; tons on specific techniques and many books on the history of needlework or of historic pieces. This book has a great sampling of historic pieces with lovely photos, maybe 2/3 in color. From the Bayeux Tapestry of the 11th century to a coat embroidered in the 20th century, the late Ms. Clabburn (who died 3 years ago) picked a fine bunch of embroideries to display. She’s picked items from many famous museums; some I’ve studied in other books, some new to me. It’s interesting that a couple big oriental carpets here weren’t woven but cross stitched. Beautiful! I have 2 of the author’s other books, The Needleworker’s Dictionary–which is of great practical use–and Samplers (The Shire book)–among my favorite books for samplers. She’s a good expert and author.

Pamela Clabburn MBE (13 April 1914 – 2 July 2010) was an English author, conservationist, curator, needlewoman and textile expert. She worked for the staff of Strangers’ Hall Museum in Norwich as assistant curator of social history and at Norwich Museum as their assistant history of social history. Clabburn retired from Strangers’ Hall in 1974, and set up the National Trust’s textile conservation department three years later, overseeing the conservation of various textiles in East Anglian homes throughout the following decade. She was the author of books about textiles and founded the Costume and Textile Association in 1990.