Author: DREESMANN, CÉCILE (1920-1994),
Title: Samplers for Today. [First edition].
Description: New York City, Galahad books, [circa], 1970. Small 4°. Original buckram, dustjacket. 160pp. Monochrome fronispiece featuring a detail of an antique sampler, 10 photo-plates featuring many coloured and monochrome details of modern and antique samplers, with expert descriptive text, numerous monochrome illustrations with expert descriptive text featuring modern, and some antique, samplers with a great variety of motives applied, list of books for further reading, bibliography, table of contents. English language expert survey of mlotives applied to moderns samplers compared with antique ones, numerous details of samplers are shown on plates and in text, comprising Samplers of the past (the beginning, the renaissance, pattern books), Samplers for today (free embroidery, counted thread-embroidery, storytelling samplers), Sources of inspiration, stitches and techniques (Basics, inspiration). Very fine copy with DUSTJACKET. (top of dusjacket a bit worn).

Keywords: samplers modern antique patterns design history development motives sories design stitching embroidery