Canvas embroidery was especially used as a soft furnishing for bed valances, rugs and pillows. In the late eighteenth century, canvas embroidery was an accepted pastime for ladies (one of the fancy works).
Also known as: canvas work; carpet work; needlepoint embroidery; tapestry embroidery; tapestry work
Sources:
- THOMAS, Mary (1936). Mary Thomas’s Embroidery Book, London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 36.
- TORTORA, Phyllis G. and Ingrid JOHNSON (2014). The Fairchild Books: Dictionary of Textiles, 8th edition, London: Bloomsbury, p. 96.
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