The Embroiderer’s Flowers
Beck, Thomasina
David & Charles, Devon UK, 1992
ISBN# 07153-9901-2
Recommended for those interested in Elizabethan period. Beck melds her experiences in embroidery, gardening, and lecturing (12 years for V&A) into one well-illustrated & well-written text of how flowers have been used from the time of Elizabeth I to present day. She tends to generalize; be mindful of what’s period because dates are often omitted where we would desire them. IB
Intermediate