Samplers Selected and Described - With an Introduction by Leigh Ashton of the Victoria and Albert Museum

By Leigh Ashton

This volume deals with “samplers”, embroidery pattern books popular in Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It includes beautiful examples contemporarily held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, with authentic photographs and information relating to materials and production. Highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of decorative needlework. Contents include: “Embroidery”, “Samplers”, “England”, “Foreign Samplers”, “America”, and “Bibliography. Sources of Meaning in the Speech of Infants”, “Gaps, Gluts and Vagaries of a Native Terminology”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on embroidery.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Apr 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781473380707

Leigh Ashton

Leigh Ashton is an author, speaker, trainer and coach. She helps sales professionals and business owners get more sales. Companies turn to her when they've tried everything to increase sales productivity...and they're still not getting the results they want. Leigh has been in sales since 1984 and many moons ago as a young sales manager she became frustrated with the inconsistent performance of her sales team. This motivated her to go and find out why this happens...and crucially how to fix it. She discovered that what goes on inside a person's head has the biggest impact on whether they achieve sales success or not. Since 1986 Leigh has trained thousands of people to use psychology to make positive changes to their attitude, their approach and their sales results.

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