Tudor and Stuart Embroidery

Author: M. Jourdain
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447491645
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 73

Book Description
This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on embroidery in the Tudor and Stuart eras. With details on history, development, popularity, and influence, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of the textiles industry, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on embroidery.

Pattern Sources Of Scriptural Subjects In Tudor And Stuart Embroideries

Author: Nancy Graves Cabot
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447491300
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 63

Book Description
“Pattern Sources Of Scriptural Subjects In Tudor And Stuart Embroideries” explores the colourful history of embroidery, focusing on the sources of design of “scriptural” subjects in English needlework during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This vintage book will appeal to those with an interest in the history and development of European needlework. Contents include: “A History of Textiles and Weaving”, “Pattern Sources of Scriptural Subjects in Tudor and Stuart Embroideries”, and “Embroideries of Scriptural Subjects Identified with Engravings in the 'Thesaurus Sacrarum', of Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, 1585”. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on embroidery.

In Fine Style

Author: Anna Reynolds
Publisher: Hodder Christian Books
ISBN: 9781905686445
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace in 2013.

Jacobean Embroidery

Author: Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 88

Book Description

Miniature Embroidery for the Georgian Dolls' House

Author: Pamela Warner
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781861081360
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
..".Miniaturists will find it an invaluable source of ideas for re-creating furnishings and accessories typical of the period (in 1/12 scale)...instructions for 40 needlepoint, cross stitch, crewel work, pleated, patchwork, and quilting projects include carpets, rugs, curtains, pillows, chair covers, footstools, decorative screens, tablecloths, pictures, samplers, bedclothes, and wall hangings...good choice for large public libraries and miniature collections."--"Library Journal." ..".will help the novice to produce satisfying results."--"Dollhouse Miniatures."

The Tudor Tailor

Author: Ninya Mikhaila
Publisher: Costume & Fashion Press/Quite Specific Media
ISBN:
Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Essential source book for reconstructing clothing 1509 to 1603.

Church Embroidery

Author: Alice Dryden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church vestments
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description

The Dial

Author: Francis Fisher Browne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 380

Book Description

The Rose Unfolds

Author: Susan Hedrick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780965373302
Category : Bellevue (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

The Tudors and the Stuarts

Author: M. B. Synge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781409918585
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Margaret Bertha Synge (1861-1939) was a British author of books for children at the end of the nineteenthand beginning of the twentieth-century. Her works include: Cookas Voyages (1892), The Story of Scotland (1896), A Child of the Mews (1897), A Book of Scottish Poetry (edited) (1897), Brave Men and Brave Deeds (1898), A Helping Hand (1898), Life of Gladstone (1899), The Queenas Namesake (1899), Life of General Charles Gordon (1900), The Story of the World for the Children of the British Empire (5 vols., 1903), The Struggle for Sea Power (1903), The Awakening of Europe (1903), The Worldas Childhood: Stories of the Fairies Simply Told (2 vols., 1905), A Short History of Social Life in England (1906), Molly (1907), Martha Wren: A Story of Faithful Service (1908), The Great Victorian Age for Children (1908), Great Englishwomen (1911), A Book of Discovery (1912), Simple Garments for Children (1913), Simple Garments for Infants (1914), The Reign of Queen Victoria (1916) and The Story of the World at War (1926).