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Embroidery or the Craft of the Needle, 1899

Cover of Townsend's 'Embroidery or the Craft of the Needle', 1899. Cover of Townsend's 'Embroidery or the Craft of the Needle', 1899.

Embroidery or the Craft of the Needle was published in 1899 by W.G. Paulson Townsend (1868-1941), in cooperation with Louisa Pesel. The Preface was written by the artist, Walter Crane (1945-1915). Townsend was design master at the Royal School of (Art) Needlework.

Source: EDWARDS, Joan (1976). 'A survey of English literature of embroidery, 1840-1940', The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 76, pp. 3-20. Dowload here.

The book can be downloaded here (retrieved 20 November 2016).

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 20 November 2016).

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