PART II.--EMBROIDERIES IN THE MANNER OF TAPESTRY PICTURES.--

LARGE NUMBERS EXHIBITED AT FINE ART SOCIETY'S.--OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR EXAMINATION, AND FOR MAKING RECORD OF THEIR HISTORY.--DIFFICULTIES SURROUNDING INVESTIGATION OF ORIGIN OF INDUSTRY.--NO APPARENT INFANCY.--NO SPECIMENS DISCOVERABLE EARLIER THAN ELIZABETHAN ERA.--THEORY AS TO FASHION ORIGINATING WITH INTRODUCTION OF TAPESTRY MANUFACTURE TO ENGLAND.--PARTICULARS OF THAT MANUFACTURE.--THREE-FOLD INTEREST OF PICTURE EMBROIDERIES: (1) SUBJECTS DEPICTED THEREON; (2) HISTORICAL MATERIAL AS TO FASHIONS; (3) AS SPECIMENS OF NEEDLEWORK.--PARTICULARS RESPECTING SUBJECTS, FASHIONS OF DRESS, HORTICULTURE, ETC. 123-141