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Embroideries from Snowshill: one of the world's leading
collections of costume and accessories of the 18th and
19th centuries A
National Trust publicationCharles Wade's great collection at his Tudor house, Snowshill Manor, in the English Cotswold's, was built on three main principles: design, color and craftsmanship. This applied not only to the costumes and accessories themselves, but also to the techniques that transformed them from functional objects into works of art. The techniques on display in this book include embroideries from the Elizabethan period to the late 19th century, encompassing silkwork, whitework, quilting, ribbon work, laid work (an embroidered 16th century casket, shown in great color detail), stomachers, night caps, waistcoats, metal work purses, garters, band samplers, tent stitched pictures, and samplers. It's an extraordinary little book, hardbound, 96 pages, $30.00 |
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Mrs. Delaney: Her Life and Her Flowers by Ruth Hayden.  The highest-bred woman in the world, and the woman of fashion of all ages, so Edmund Burke spoke of the witty and charming Mrs. Mary Delaney (1700-1778) whose floral embroideries and paper mosaics (exquisite pictures of flowers made from hundreds of pieces of cut colored paper and put together with astonishing precision) were the crowning achievements of a long and creative life. Amazingly, she was 72 before she embarked on the 1,000 floral collages, but she had already made a name for herself with her incredible embroideries, decorative shellwork, and landscape sketches. Her needlework floral pictures will leave you breathless. Softbound, 192 pages, imported exclusively from England by The Scarlet Letter, many color illustrations. $35.00 |
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JANE BOSTOCKE; THE REST OF THE STORY by Eileen Bennett  Jane Bostocke's sampler was discovered in an attic in England, in 1960, and was given to the Victoria & Albert Museum by a private donor. Since then-curator Donald King's article in 1962, stating that it was the earliest known signed and dated sixteenth century sampler, very little additional research has been done to explore the identity of Jane, and Alice Lee, the two year old child whose name and date of birth are also recorded on the sampler. Eileen spent months researching their identities, and has included extensive genealogical material on the Lee and Bostocke families, explanations of the significance of many of the motifs used on the sampler, thereby telling the story of the people and the culture of late sixteenth century England. Spiral bound, 26 pages, $20.00 |
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ENGLISH EMBROIDERIES OF THE SIXTEENTH AND
SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES in the Collection of the Ashmolean
Museum by Mary M. Brooks  This handbook explores the Ashmolean Museum's collection of English 17th century embroideries. These intriguing pieces, often made by affluent school girls, include pictorial panels, of stumpwork and tent stitch, an elaborate casket depicting biblical stories as well as costume, accessories and fanciful items such as a frog shaped purse. The introductory essay explores how the miniature world of kings and queens, biblical and classical heroes, courtiers and shepherdesses, set in landscapes with lovingly depicted animals and flowers, connects with the turbulent events of the 17th century. Detailed photographs reveal the fine stitches and imaginative raised work embroidery techniques as well as he lavish use of metal threads and semi-precious stones. This book will appeal to all those interested in the life of 17th century women as well as to textile and embroidery specialists. Paper, 96 pages, $18.95 (This will also be available in a hard cover edition later this year.)
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Patterns of Childhood: Samplers
1640-1900 from the Glasgow Museums collections by Rebecca Quiton Glasgow Museums hold one of the finest collections of samplers in the United Kingdom. This book presents a short introduction to the Glasgow Museums' collection of samplers and another essay on samplers in general- why they were made, methods of construction, use of different stitches and motifs, and other instructive uses. There is a selection of forty of the finest and most representative of the 220 samplers held in the collection. Paperback, $30.00 |
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