




| Erica Wilson Dies at 83; Led Needlework Rebirth Erica Wilson, the Julia Child of needlework, who brought the gentle art of crewel -- as well as cross-stitch, needlepoint and other traditional embroidery techniques -- to an international audience through her books, television shows, correspondence courses, syndicated column and retail shops, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 83. The cause was |
| CURRENTS: PARIS -- TEXTILES; The Finer Points Of Moroccan Needlework Isabelle Denamur, a French model-turned-ethnologist, became fascinated with the embroidery of Morocco in the 1970's, while on fashion shoots there. After years of collecting and research, she has written, Ms. Denamur said, ''the book I had always wanted to read.'' ''Moroccan Textile Embroidery'' (Flammarion, $60), for collectors, decorators and |
| Executive Life; A Hard-Driving Crew Takes Up Needlework JOHN ERMAN, 67, has been doing it for 30 years. George Rounsaville, 53, has been doing it for 35. Tom Newton, 55, began in law school as a way to relax. Bob di Napoli, 63, picked it up after he quit drinking. Yoga? Tae kwon do? No. Needlework. Businessmen are easing their tensions in cross-stitches and crewelwork, in knit-ones and purl-twos. They |
| ANTIQUES; Needlework Dazzling In Its Detail In Tony Kushner's new play, ''Homebody/Kabul,'' a middle-aged British housewife reads an old guidebook about Afghanistan that sets her dreaming about an ancient shah. She rhapsodizes about his green tunic ''over which are worked flowers of gold and a breast plate of diamonds, shaped like flattened fleurs-de-lis, ornaments of the same kind on each |
| ANTIQUES; Needlework As Teacher And Preacher Samplers, those charming, antique embroidered panels sporting carefully stitched alphabets and biblical verses, appear innocent. Actually, they represent a more complex reality: limited educational opportunities for young girls, and then only for the well to do. And their messages carry a strong moral undertone: be obedient, long-suffering and |
| WHERE TO FIND IT; Help With Needlework ALMOST everyone who has ever knitted or done needlepoint has at some time wished for a helper to complete a half-finished sweater or canvas. People put off finishing their projects for all sorts of reasons, said Judi Alweil, who owns STUDIO 2/FINISHING TOUCHES on Long Island with Rochelle Weissberg. The shop completes unfinished needlepoint by |
| Style Makers; Vima de Marchi Micheli: NEEDLEWORK ARTIST LEAD: As a child in New York, Vima de Marchi Micheli learned classic Italian stitchery from her mother, grandmother and three aunts. ''I always considered needlework an art form, never a craft,'' she said. As a child in New York, Vima de Marchi Micheli learned classic Italian stitchery from her mother, grandmother and three aunts. ''I always |
| Needlework Stories Tell of Chilean Life LEAD: THE collection of 71 Chilean arpilleras owned by the William Benton Museum of Art of the University of Connecticut is seldom on display at the red-brick institution on the campus in Storrs. The bright primitive wall hangings depicting particular events and the hardships of daily life under the Pinochet regime were acquired two years ago to be |
| Edith Park Martin, 72, Needlework Authority LEAD: Edith Park Martin, an authority on contemporary needlework, died Saturday at Northern Westchester County Hospital after a brief illness. She was 72 years old and lived in Katonah, N.Y. Edith Park Martin, an authority on contemporary needlework, died Saturday at Northern Westchester County Hospital after a brief illness. She was 72 years old |
| ANTIQUES; NEEDLEWORK, $100,000 AND UP LEAD: AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK - quilts, samplers and embroidered pictures -has been pursued seriously for decades by collectors, every few of whom could have foreseen that prices for such stitchery would equal what is paid these days for Tiffany lamps and Philadelphia furniture. AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK - quilts, samplers and embroidered pictures -has been |
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