English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1580-1700
'Twixt Art and Nature Foreword Susan Weber Soros Preface Philippe de
Montebello Introduction and Acknowledgements Melinda Watt and Andrew Morrall,
Editors Chronology Andrew Morrall Chapter 1 Collecting English Embroidery at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Melinda Watt Chapter 2 Embroidered Furnishings:
Questions of Production and Usage Kathleen Staples Chapter 3 Tudor and
Jacobean Dress Accessories in Context Susan North Chapter 4 Regaining Eden:
Nature and Ideality in Seventeenth-Century English Embroideries Andrew Morrall
Chapter 5 Embroidered Biblical Narratives in Social Context Ruth Geuter Chapter
6 Materials and Techniques of Secular embroideries Cristina Carr Stitch
Glossary 4-5 pages, with selected line illustrations Catalogue of the
Exhibition Theme 1: Portraiture and ceremonial objects associated with royalty
Theme 2: Education: embroidery used as educational tool Theme 3: Costume
accessories Theme 4: The Home: the place of embroidery in contemporary interior
decoration Theme 5: Biblical and mythological narratives Theme 6: Nature and
Pastoral imagery Bibliography Index