New Zealand's Historic Samplers - Our Stitched Stories by Vivien Caughley

Vivien Caughley’s opening definition of a sampler is “an embroidered cloth which records a stitched pattern, often the alphabet and numerals, sometimes pictures, and stitch techniques … They often commemorate events personal and national.” Through the 160 following pages, we learn much from the intriguing strands of story that Caughley draws from her selection of “self-expression with needle and thread” found in national, regional and private collections throughout the country. We readily concur with her closing ascription of samplers, not as “just bits of cloth” but as “another way history can be studied and illustrated”. Source: NZ Review of Books. This 2014 David Bateman Limited, New Zealand Softcover is in very good condition. Heavy; previous owner's nameplate inside.

ISBN: 9781869538668 SKU: 1556555 This image is of the actual book.

Location: NZ Art