Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Decorative Art Needlework Made Before 1800 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Decorative Art Needlework Made Before 1800<br><br>A Special Exhibition of Decorative Art Needlework made before 1800 will be held at the South Kensington Museum, to be opened in May, 1873.<br><br>The following correspondence has passed between H. R. H. the Princess Christian and the Lords of the Committe of Council on Education: -<br><br>March, 1873.<br><br>My Lord,<br><br>In the interests of Art Education and the employment of women, we the undersigned desire to ask your Lordship to sanction an Exhibition of Ancient Needlework in the South Kensington Museum, during the ensuing season.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.