English Embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1580-1700 
'Twixt Art and Nature Foreword Susan Weber Soros Preface Philippe de 
Montebello Introduction and Acknowledgements Melinda Watt and Andrew Morrall, 
Editors Chronology Andrew Morrall Chapter 1 Collecting English Embroidery at 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Melinda Watt Chapter 2 Embroidered Furnishings: 
Questions of Production and Usage Kathleen Staples Chapter 3 Tudor and 
Jacobean Dress Accessories in Context Susan North Chapter 4 Regaining Eden: 
Nature and Ideality in Seventeenth-Century English Embroideries Andrew Morrall 
Chapter 5 Embroidered Biblical Narratives in Social Context Ruth Geuter Chapter 
6 Materials and Techniques of Secular embroideries Cristina Carr Stitch 
Glossary 	4-5 pages, with selected line illustrations Catalogue of the 
Exhibition Theme 1: Portraiture and ceremonial objects associated with royalty 
Theme 2: Education: embroidery used as educational tool Theme 3: Costume 
accessories Theme 4: The Home: the place of embroidery in contemporary interior 
decoration Theme 5: Biblical and mythological narratives Theme 6: Nature and 
Pastoral imagery Bibliography Index