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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Whitework is a general term given to many types of embroidery that were originally worked in white using natural fabrics and materials. This book demonstrates how each basic whitework technique is worked traditionally although using the different threads and materials available today. It shows samples and gives suggestions on how the traditional rules can be explored further to produce new and exciting effects. Much of the whitework made throughout history decorated garments and adorned furnishings in the domestic environment. Religious establishments also commissioned whitework for ecclesiastical vestments and linens. In many Western cultures white embroidery was used on clothing worn in key life rituals for example on the collars cuffs and hems of christening gowns wedding dresses and funeral shrouds. All embroidery including whitework became associated with comfort wealth and status. White embroideries in particular were used to embellish underclothes and nightwear. (LL)