The history of embroidery

One of the favorite artists of me and my friends is a designer who got inspired by pre-Raphaelite William Morris (24 March 1834 — 3 October 1896). His patterns are very, very similar to... you might have already guessed whose works will be discussed. It's Crewel. The first time I saw ...

I first saw this technique in one of encyclopedias about embroidery — a few scant words about its history, basic rules and features. There was nothing special about the technique in these words. Just one of the options of the counted-thread embroidery. But there were pictures beside. Something like ...