The Atlas of World Embroidery

Embroidery is one of the world’s most widely shared forms of creative expression—and one of its most varied and diverse. The Atlas of World Embroidery examines many distinctive embroidery styles and traditions found across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.

From the quillwork and birch boxes of Indigenous North America to the decorative matyo style of Hungary, the zardozi embroiderers of India, and the satin stitches of Han Dynasty China, Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood provides a comprehensive history of embroidery, describing its materials and tools, its designs and symbols, and its uses and makers.

• Published by Princeton University Press
• 400 pages
• 8.25 x 10.5 inches
• Hardback
• More than 300 color illustrations
• Full and close-up images of embroidered fabrics, including household items and clothing, along with insightful analysis
  
• Directory of design motifs depicting patterns from around the world