{"product_id":"jacobean-embroidery-its-forms-and-fillings-including-late-tudor-gb-18971","title":"Jacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings, Including Late Tudor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings, Including Late Tudor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTO redeem the monotony of plain surfaces has ever been the aim of all\r\nthe arts, but especially that of the needle, which being the oldest\r\nexpression of decorative intention, has, from the earliest time, been\r\nvery dependent on its groundwork for its ultimate results. This is\r\nparticularly the case in embroideries of the type of what is commonly\r\nknown as Jacobean, where the ground fabric is extensively visible, as it\r\nis also in that wondrous achievement, the Bayeux tapestry worked in\r\ncoarse wools upon homespun linen and therefore quite miscalled\r\n\"tapestry.\"\nInaccuracy in nomenclature is one of the stumbling blocks the student\r\nencounters, and the tendency of the day to classify \"styles\" by the\r\nrestricted formula of monarchical periods is likewise misleading. No\r\nstyle is ever solely distinctive of one reign, or even one century, the\r\nlaw of evolution rules the arts as it does nature, there is always a\r\ncorrelation between styles in art and circumstances of existence that is\r\nproductive of gradual changes of taste, therefore, pronounced evidences\r\nin design are, actually, the culminating point in a course of combined\r\ninfluences which have reached the period of individual expression.\nCrewel work of the type of Jacobean, was the outcome of that earlier\r\nwool embroidery that even in the zenith of fame of the Ecclesiastical\r\nbroderers still quietly went on its way.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 18971 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Fitzwilliam, Ada Wentworth \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 2, 2006 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributor (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e: Hands, A. F. Morris \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Fitzwilliam, Ada Wentworth \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217570824349,"sku":"gb-18971-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/18971.jpg?v=1671438739","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/jacobean-embroidery-its-forms-and-fillings-including-late-tudor-gb-18971","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}