Dear Friends,
My first thought was "When did Marco Polo go to China?" Sure enough, his dates are 1254-1324. Trade is always a two way street. While I don't necessarily think that it was Marco Polo or his father or their expedition that was the most likely contact point, I do think that traders and travellers could have introduced some European needle work in that period.
My first thoughts too were of Marco Polo. His biography by McDONALD is well worth a read. But then, why would you think that European needlework was introduced as a result of his contact. Couldn it not just as easily have been the other way round?? Chinese influence came to Europe?
Similar arguments have been produced regarding other such things as noodles (spaghetti); roses and wisteria
Love
David in Ballarat
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