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This lavishly illustrated volume is the most complete study of Greek island embroidery yet published. Each group of islands developed quite different styles and repertoires of designs using linen, cotton, and silk. Varying populations -- urban foreigners and rural natives, Catholic towns and Orthodox villages, invading navies and armies -- all contributed to a fusion of styles and motifs that led to one of the greatest displays of decorative folk art to be found anywhere in the world. The styles range from aristocratic and patrician designs from Rhodes, the monochrome geometric work of Naxos,...

David Hockney influenced me greatly during our friendship at Bradford Art College and in our CND days afterwards. Starting with my childhood in the 1940s during the war. I was born in 1938 and spent my formative years not really knowing my father until he was demobbed when I was 7 years old. The book is a romp through the steep learning curve of childhood and adolescence which should bring a smile if not outright laughter to the reader.