Embroidery History book

Strange i don`t get any posts ???? mirjam

Ohhh, drool, that does sound good. Enjoy!

Cheryl

Your last post on the book just showed up here is AM. Wasn't there at 9PM last night.

C

And I didn't see either of these posts until morning (EST) of June

14th. Hmmm.

I see this book on Amazon for $18.96. Sounds like a bargain.

Donna in Virginia

Agreed. I'm interested in it too! C

If you're interested in Embroidery History, I can recommend some other books for you. I dip in and out of this group from time to time (the thread on Trillium caught my eye, you see ....._

Susan

I'd be interested Susan.

Cheryl

Most of the books that I have are "surveys" rather than "how-to" because the stitches really haven't changed -- it's the motif's and the style that defines specific features. Unfortunately, many of these are out of print. If you don't know,

isa wonderful resource. It searched the used book sellers so it'spretty comprehensive. You can also pick up OOP books from Amazon.The book to see (it's out of print, and copies can be pricey) is"Pictorial History of Embroidery" by Schuette and Christensen. Mostof the pictures are in B/W, but OMG! Such wonderful work. It wasoriginally written in German. Copies in German and French can begotten for around $100. English copies are around $300.00 Right here beside me, I have "The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots" by Swain. Lots of pictures of her embroideries with a chapter on the Oxburgh Hangings. I'm trying to find a color photo of the "sneiles" and of the oak tree.

Some things from a bibliography .... Bridgeman, H. and E. Drury. 1978. Needlework: An Illustrated History. This book has lots of color pictures -- more than a few that aren't in any of my other books. It's out of print. I got my copy on eBay.

Christie, A.G.I. 1938. English medieval embroidery. Clarendon Press: Oxford. (ILL) This is *THE* book on Opus Anglicanum. If you are very lucky, you might get this book from InterLibrary Loan. I understand that there were only a few copies of this ever printed (125? 250?) Almost everything is in Black and White.

Davenport, C. 1899. English embroidered bookbindings.

(accessed 19 Jan 2004)Cool pictures! Errera, I. 1905. Collections de broideries anciennes. J.E. Gossens: Brussels. most everything is in B/W

Freeman, M. 1968. The St. Martin Embroideries. This one has some color photos. It's primarily about a specific set of embroideries done in Opus Angilcanum (e.g., split stitch and gold work)

Groves, S. 1973. The history of needlework tools and accessories. Arco Publishing: New York.

King, D. and S. Levy. 1993. The Victoria and Albert Museum's textile collection: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750. Canopy Books: New York. If this one is not back in print, it's being reprinted. *everything* is in color in this book. Much droolage-ness.

Marshall, F. and H. Marshall. 1894. Old English embroidery: its technique and symbolism. Windsor House: London. (UTK NK9243.M3) more black and white photos. Still a nifty little book.

Thomasina Beck has several books on floral embroideries -- The Embroiderer's Gardens, Gardens of Silver and Gold, ...

If you want pattern books for historic embroidery, check out Schorleyker, R. 1632. A Scholehouse for the Needle. (1998 edition by J. & E. Mason).

Vincolo, F. 1587. Renaissance patterns for lace, embroidery, and needlepoint. (Dover edition, 1971).

There are quite a few pattern books available on the web. A lady in Australia has collected them on her blog

lady named Helen Stevens has several nice books -- the one titlethat I remember is "the timeless art of embroidery" -- mostly it'sabout creating modern items with period techniques/motifs. That's a start anyway!

Susan

So that what Helen Stevens is doing. HEr techniques are good to study. This thread is the prime reason I joined this group!

I specialize in VIctorian era stitching but will add to this list of medieval embroidery by including anything by SWAIN and GOSTELOW and One I am so glad I found my accident... The Needleworker's dictionary by Pamela Clabburn.

Nancy

Cool. I do mostly medieval and/or renaissance -- and counted cross stitch and .....

susan