The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day by Thomasina Beck
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The Embroiderer's Story
The Embroiderer's Story
Summary
Using historical sources, Beck surveys embroiderers and their work from Elizabethan times to the present day. She discusses their sources of inspiration and design, as well as the changing ways in which they used these in dress and furnishings. The book includes sample motifs and stitch layouts.
The Embroiderer's Story Summary
Table of Contents
The Elizabethan embroiderer; the Stuart embroiderer; the Georgian embroiderer; Regency interlude; Victorian contrasts; modern times.
Additional information
GOR001383886
9780715302385
0715302388
The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day by Thomasina Beck
Used - Very Good
Hardback
David & Charles
19951028
160
N/A
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