A book of old embroidery

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by  Kendrick, A. F. (Albert Frank), 1872-

A BOOK OF OLD EMBROIDERY

BOOK OF OLD
A
EMBROIDERY
WITH ARTICLES BY KENDRICK
A. F.
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXTILES
(KEEPER
AT THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT
MUSEUM)
LOUISA PESEL & W. NEWBERRY
F. E.
1921
EDITED BY GEOFFREY HOLME
"THE NEW YORK
STUDIO," LTD., LONDON, PARIS,
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PREFATORY NOTE
The Editor wishes to express his thanks to Mr. A. F. Kendrick (Keeper
of the Department of Textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum),
Professor and Mrs. P. E. Newberry, Miss Louisa F. Pesel, Sir William
Lawrence, Bart., Mr. A. J. B. Wace (Director of the British School of
Archaeology at Athens), Mr. P. G. Trendell, Mr. Cecil Tattersall, Mr.
A. E. Munday, the Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, and the
Librarian of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, all of whom have rendered
valuable assistance in various ways in the preparation of this volume.
He also desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the numerous collec-
tors who have allowed examples of old embroidery in their possession to
be reproduced. Their names appear with the respective illustrations.
With regard to the specimens from the Victoria and Albert Museum, it
should be stated that these are reproduced from the official copyright
negatives, with the permission of the Authorities of the Museum.