In Praise of Embroidery

Never underestimate the power of a needle

Her First Lesson in Embroidery by T. Peddie, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

A long time ago, 1860 to be exact, a young Swiss man Arnold Zuppinger sailed to Manhattan to sell his father’s goods. Arnold was the son of a wealthy Zurich textile manufacturer who owned a silk mill in the French Alps. Zuppinger’s raw and woven high quality silk would win international recognition for excellence in 1862.