‘It is a striking fact that in the development of embroidery ... there are no changes of materials or techniques which can be felt or interpreted as advances from a primitive to a later, more refined stage. On the other hand, we often find in early works a technical accomplishment and high standard of craftsmanship rarely attained in later times’
Marie Schuette and Sigrid Muller-Christensen, The Art of Embroidery translated by Donald King (London: Thames and Hudson, 1964), p.2.
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