Editing Needlepoint (section)

==History==
The roots of needlepoint go back thousands of years to the ancient Egyptians, who used small slanted stitches to sew up their canvas tents. [[Howard Carter]], of [[Tutankhamen]] fame, found some needlepoint in the cave of a [[Pharaoh]] who had lived around 1500 BC.<ref name=":0" />

Modern needlepoint descends from the canvas work in [[tent stitch]], done on an evenly woven open ground fabric that was a popular domestic craft in the 16th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/needlepoint|title=Needlepoint {{!}} canvas work embroidery|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref>

Further development of needlepoint was influenced in the 17th century by [[Bargello (needlework)|Bargello]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/bargello-work|title=Bargello work|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref> and in the 19th century by shaded [[Berlin wool work]] in brightly colored [[Wool|wool yarn]]. Upholstered furniture became fashionable in the 17th century, and this prompted the development of a more durable material to serve as a foundation for the embroidered works of art. In 18th century America, needlepoint was used as a preparatory skill to train young women to sew their own clothing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Peck|first=Amelia|date=October 2003|title=American Needlework in the Eighteenth Century|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/need/hd_need.htm |access-date=2020-03-29|website=www.metmuseum.org}}</ref>