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NEEDLEWORK AS ART.* Lady Marion M. Alfor...
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Needlework As Art.* Lady Marion M. Alfor...
NEEDLEWORK AS ART . * Lady Marion M . Alford has done valuable work bthe compilatiof the beautiful ioauuii
volume WCM-JBL uy entitled y VXLKj KiKJlLi ' Needlework . yxi . aiiJi . on yjxi . kjl as Art . When ux we examine the teeming pages of the book , we are forced to dispute Dr . Johnson ' s rather
world , that they might amuse themselves with * petty occupationswhich contributed to the
lengthening of their , lives , and preserving their minds in a state of sanity . '
c Lad man y Frances cannot hem Burgoyn a Doeket e having -handkerchi said to him pf ,
and he runs mad and torments his family and
friends / Johnson afterwards used to quote the remark when h ¦ some h of his acquaint v ¦ H - ,
w w — — — — - — - — - - — — — - ^— — w - ™ - ^^^ ~ " ~ ^ F ^ V ""^ F ^^ J ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ance became troublesome . ' A man cannot hem a
pockethandkerchief , ' he used to say on such occasions .
The great moralist ' s expression ¦ is trite » enoughwhen
we - — - — remember — . —— — somethin — — — - ^ M ^^ , J g ^^ ^ of " ^^ j the range of study which
may be focussed in any literary treatment of the
subject of needlework when it is artistically and
historically considered . Only in recent times has this peculiar
field of investigation proved fruitful to the world . England
especially has been behind other countries in the
historical treatment of arts and manufactures ; our historians
being too much occupied by the consideration of the
actions of camps , courts , and cabinets to pay X «/ any «/ heed to
the ordinary attributes of national life as it is shown
by the art progress and industrial activity of the people .
| Lady Alford has given ! much evidence of enthusiasm
and care in the preparation of her book . ' I confess , '
! remarks the author , ' that ; when I undertook this task I did not anticipate the time
¦ 1 ^ ^ ' ^ ' ^ ^^ V * *« h A > ^—^ ^^ ^ k ^ V ^ b ^^ % ^ ^^ ^^ «^ V 1 ^^ ^*^* ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ I I have had to spend in collecting and epitomising the
j many in German details , French to be , found and ' English authorson what
has been considered , among j usat least in this century
¦ I ' as and , merel therefore y a secondary as such art of , , ^ fr ^ V ^^ * BV ^^^ ^* ^^ M ^^^ ^ h ^ ^^» ^ B ^^ # ¦ ^^^ r tf ^ b ^^^ f , ^ V ^ B ^^ iV f ^^ F f ^^^ ^ ^ ^ V ^ tf ^ b ^ " ^ , ^ H
I little importance . Cursory ! notices of needlework arc I
scattere t i d throug a n h T almost " J | ! book t on art and
! under every ^^^ V ^^^ *^* w the ^^ r ^^ ^^ *^ * head ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ of ^^ * m ^* textiles ; ^ it JL U is XK 3 usual \ A . i 3 \ . A < AlJL to \ J \ S find iJJIU Vy embroi « . JL » K ~ rJL ^ ' * - j |
, worth dery »? v'A uij . acknowled y y of v . / jl aji notice \; ui v- / \~/ ged , » thoug i _/ i jl v as vi cl being h ^ a not a * ^ j
to be named in company ; with sculpture , architecture , or paintiiicr , however
beauinadequate estimate of the most familiar of all feminine employments . * One of the great felicities of female life , ' he said , * was the general consent of the
I I Low * Needle , Marston work , Searle as Art , , & by Itivington Lnd . y M . . Alford . London , Sampson
tifully or thoughtfully its work may be carried out . I have tried to show that it deserves higher Keaders T £ , f \ i \ . estimation c \ Pira or nf . Lad . ' clxr Alford A 1 ford's s : hnolr book wiil will )\ too C
forced to admit that y the author has been successful in preparing a wonderfully interest-————^ - UJj
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1886, page 210, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031886/page/16/
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