Shawls (Shire Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0747805245 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Having run the Textile Conservation Workroom for the Eastern Region of the National Trust for ten years, she is now a textile and embroidery consultant. Pamela Clabburn has been interested in embroidery since childhood. It originally came from the East and was extensively copied in Europe. The shawl, either woven, printed, knitted, crocheted or embroidered, has been a fashion accessory for more than two hundred years. Other titles for Shire by this author are: BeadworkSamplers". This book traces the development of one type of shawl which came from Kashmir and was so much admired in Britain that three centres in particular, N