512 pp "From Afghanistan to Zaire, from Algerian stich to Zigzag, from an A.D.C. (H.M. Queen of the Netherlands) to Mrs. D. Zohrab, Mary Gostelow has ranged widely in order to compile this book. The first half describes the practice of embroidery in many lands, the second deals with stiTches and techniques (177 entries here, not counting stitch variations). "