Eugenia Tolmachoff: 2 books

“Ancient Russian Ecclesiastical Embroideries” is a fascinating treatise looking at the history and development of embroidery in Russia, with a special focus on that which is related to the church. Dating back as far as the twelfth century, ecclesiastical needlework has had a rich history and significant...

At an archaeological dig in south Russia some fascinating fabric was found and seemed to be from ancient Greece, this is the story of those fabrics written by somebody on the dig. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...