Mountmellick Work by Jane Houston Almqvist

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Mountmellick Work by Jane Houston Almqvist

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Mountmellick Work by Jane Houston Almqvist

White-on-white embroidery in various forms has been practiced in Ireland for several centuries. Mountmellick work is probably the best-known style of Irish white embroidery and is named after the town where the craft was developed in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Mountmellick is in the center of the area in which Ireland's cotton spinning and weaving industry developed a century earlier and here, in about 1830, Mrs Johanna Carter invented the style of embroidering in thick cotton thread which is named after her native town.

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ISBN 13 9780851055121
ISBN 10 0851055125
Title Mountmellick Work
Author Jane Houston Almqvist
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Colin Smythe Ltd
Year published 1996-12-16
Number of pages 80
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.