HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY : Published By Authority of the Royal School of Art Needlework and Dedicated to Their President, H.r.h. Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland
by Higgin, L. & Lady Marian Alford ( Editor )
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1880. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good+. Very interesting Expert Handbook. Beautifully illustrated with 22 Plates, 8 of them in Colour. Many Plates have several images. Artists include William Morris, Walter Crane, Edward Burne Jones, Miss Jekyll, and Fairfax Wade. Text includes: Implements & Materials; Textile Fabrics used as Grounds (including Satins & Silks, Plain Tapestries & Cloths of Gold & Silver) ; Stitches ( including Feather Stitch & Twisted Chain ); Frames & Framing; Stitches Used in Frame Embroidery (including Gold Embroidery, Opus Angelicum, Japanese Stitch & Persian Cross-Stitch). Pale Green paper-covered boards illustrated with vignettes of Craftspeople at work. Black Endpapers. All page edges Gilt. Title Page dated 1880. 106 Pages, 270g, 8 1/4" Tall. Small very light stain in bottom left corner of cover. Cover has some edge wear and a few chips around edges. Penciled note on half-title page referring to the illustrations. No other inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017116
- Title
- HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY : Published By Authority of the Royal School of Art Needlework and Dedicated to Their President, H.r.h. Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland
- Author
- Higgin, L. & Lady Marian Alford ( Editor )
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- CRAFTS & HOBBIES/NEEDLEWORK/EMBROIDERY/ANMTIQUARIAN BOOKS/ARTS CRAFTS/ARTS NEEDLEWORK/ARTS 7 EMBROIDERY/WILLIAM MORRIS/WALTER CRANE/PRE-RAPHAELITE TEXTILES
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