Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c28.2

c28.2

At the same time, the Department of Public Instruction, through Mrs. Evans, the newly-appointed Inspectress of Needlework, has abolished some of the worst abuses in connection with the teaching of embroidery in schools. It may perhaps be hoped that the day of gaudy Berlin woolwork, and gold-embroidered mottoes to be framed under glass and hung on the wall, is now passing away, even in Ceylon, where all things Early Victorian linger still.