Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
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Chapter 35 EARLY NEEDLEWORK PICTURES AND ACCESSORIES

"Petit point"-old list of stitches-Stuart bags-Gloves-Shoes-Caps.

Towards the end of James I.'s reign it is supposed that the earliest needlework pictures appeared. They were obviously literal copies of the tapestries which had now become of general use in the homes of the wealthy, being worked in what is known as "petit point," or "little stitc

            
            

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