Frontispiece

Painted by Dora Wheeler Keith

CANDACE WHEELER
From the painting by her daughter Dora Wheeler Keith.

THE DEVELOPMENT OFEMBROIDERY IN AMERICA

By
CANDACE WHEELER

Illustrated

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXXI

Development of Embroidery in America

Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
X-V

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
	Introductory. The Story of the Needle	3
I.	Beginnings in the New World	10
II.	The Crewelwork of Our Puritan Mothers	17
III.	Samplers and a Word About Quilts	48
IV.	Moravian Work, Portraiture, French Embroidery and Lacework	62
V.	Berlin Woolwork	96
VI.	Revival of Embroidery, and the Founding of the Society of Decorative Art	102
VII.	American Tapestry	121
VIII.	The Bayeux Tapestries	144

ILLUSTRATIONS [vii]

CANDACE WHEELER. From the painting by her daughter Dora Wheeler Keith Frontispiece
MOCCASINS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians Facing 12
PIPE BAGS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 12
MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 14
MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Plains Indians 14
CREWEL DESIGN, drawn and colored, which dates back to Colonial times 18
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