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REPERTOIRE
DES FRISES
collected by Valerie Lejeune
Six
large sampler graphs, from 19th
century French samplers, are
included in this large portfolio,
including a softbound book of
patterns that includes borders and
ornamentation, all charted for
cross stitch embroidery. The book
has 206 pages, six large charts
are separate. $65.00
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More Alphabets from Early Samplers
 by
Marsha Van Valin
Collected from German, Italian, Scottish, Dutch, English,
and American samplers, this book of alphabets takes off from
where the previous edition, Alphabets from Early Samplers,
ends. The alphabets have been fastidiously reproduced from
samplers dating from 1530, to 1868. Over 80 alphabets are
charted, as well as two complete alphabet samplers, one of
them dating from 1725. Softbound, 50 pages, $19.95
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ELIZABETHAN
CROSS STITCH
by Barbara Hammet
95 designs are charted in this new book, from original pieces
made in the 16th and 17th centuries. including scrollwork
pictures, beaded trellis bags and pincushions, a tree-of-life
firescreen, a band sampler, cushions, and more. Hardbound, 105
pages, $25.00
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PATTERN BOOK OF EMBROIDERY: 1534
by Johan Schartzenberger, Woodcutter of Augsburg
 This
book is a reprint of the very rare facsimile of Ein
Formbuchlein Johan Schartzenber ger Augsburg 1534, one
of the earliest pattern studies (the earliest known to
be catalogued dates to 1524). This collection was the
first in a series of facsimiles of works on lace and
ornament undertaken by Emmanuel Bocher, in Paris in
1882, a period of intense interest in the revival of the
needle arts. These pattern books were originally
produced for ladies within higher social circles, and
were intended to teach sewing, embroidery, and design.
The original plates, printed from wood blocks,
represented a major step in the recording and
dissemination of designs. Without copyright protection,
these designs wandered from publisher to publisher
throughout western Europe, and became an integral part
of Europe's cultural heritage. While conceived primarily
as patterns for needlework, contemporary paintings and
costume utilized these patterns. They can be found in
armor, woven silk, and carved and painted in borders on
picture frames.
Paperback, 42 pages, $14.00
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