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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Atlas of World Embroidery'
Author: GILLIAN VOGELSANG-EASTWOOD
Embroidery is one of the world's most widely shared forms of creative expression—and one of its most varied and diverse.
It can be found in every region, yet its visual languages, themes, and techniques vary greatly: Some are marked by unique styles and others show influences from neighboring cultures.
'The Atlas of World Embroidery' examines many distinctive embroidery styles and traditions found across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.
