Introductory: The story of the needle. -- Beginnings in the new world. -- The crewelwork of our Puritan mothers. -- Samplers’ and a word about quilts. -- Moravian work, portraiture, French embroidery and lacework. -- Berlin woolwork. -- Revival of embroidery, and the founding of the Society of decorative art. -- American tapestry. -- The Bayeux tapestries.