Produced by Constanze Hofmann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMBROIDERY IN AMERICA By Candace Wheeler [Illustration: CANDACE WHEELER From the painting by her daughter Dora Wheeler Keith. _Painted by Dora Wheeler Keith_] THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMBROIDERY IN AMERICA _By_ CANDACE WHEELER _Illustrated_ [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXXI DEVELOPMENT OF EMBROIDERY IN AMERICA Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America X-V CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE Introductory. The Story of the Needle 3 I. Beginnings in the New World 10 II. The Crewelwork of Our Puritan Mothers 17 III. Samplers and a Word About Quilts 48 IV. Moravian Work, Portraiture, French Embroidery and Lacework 62 V. Berlin Woolwork 96 VI. Revival of Embroidery, and the Founding of the Society of Decorative Art 102 VII. American Tapestry 121 VIII. The Bayeux Tapestries 144 ILLUSTRATIONS CANDACE WHEELER. From the painting by her daughter Dora Wheeler Keith Frontispiece MOCCASINS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians _Facing_ 12 PIPE BAGS OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 12 MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Sioux Indians 14 MAN'S JACKET OF PORCUPINE QUILLWORK. Made by Plains Indians 14 CREWEL DESIGN, drawn and colored, which dates back to Colonial times 18 TESTER embroidered in crewels in shades of blue on white homespun linen. Said to have been brought to Essex, Mass., in 1640, by Madam Susanna, wife of Sylvester Eveleth 22 RAISED EMBROIDERY ON BLACK VELVET. Nineteenth century American 22 QUILTED COVERLET made by Ann Gurnee 26 HOMESPUN WOOLEN BLANKET with King George's Crown embroidered with home-dyed blue yarn in the corner. From the Burdette home at Fort Lee, N. J., where Washington was entertained 26 CHEROKEE ROSE BLANKET, made about 1830, of homespun wool with "Indian Rose" design about nineteen inches in diameter worked in the corners in home-dyed yarns of black, red, yellow, and dark green. From the Westervelt collection 26