The book of samplers
Fawdry, Marguerite1980
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The sampler is one of the most charming traditional forms of embroidery, first made as a record of stitches and later as a picture to be framed and proudly displayed by its maker. This book, lavishly illustrated, is the first work to look at samplers both historically and practically.
Main title:
The book of samplers / Marguerite Fawdry and Deborah Brown.
Author:
Fawdry, Marguerite, authorBrown, Deborah, author
Publisher:
Guildford : Lutterworth Press, 1980.
Collation:
157 pages : illustrations (black and white and colour), charts, diagrams ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.Frontispiece: illustration of a modern sampler.Includes index and bibliographical references.
Contents:
Partial contents: Early samplers -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century -- The twentieth century -- European & other samplers.
ISBN:
07188248309780718824839
Language:
English
Index terms:
EmbroiderySamplersto 1979EMBROIDERYNEEDLEWORK
BRN:
311664
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