Author: PASTEUR-VAN SWIETEN, G.M.,
Title: Oost en West in Kruissteek. Jubileum Uitgave Vereeniging van Huisvrouwen - Soerabaia. 2de druk.
Description: Soerabaia, Vereeniging van Huisvrouwen, 1941. large oblong 8°. Orig. thin boards, coloured and illustrated front boards. stapled. 60pp. of explanatory text with num. ills., of which on one extending leave, illustrating designs for cross-stitch with as subject the East (=dutch colonial Indonesia) and the west(= the Netherlands). Text and designs by author. Contains numerous designs for cross-stitch with explanatory text from East and West, Jubilee-edition by the Association of Dutch Housewives in colonial Indonesia. A curious piece. Scarce. (boards somewhat chafed and superficial light scratching especially to lower outer boards, rust-offsetting of staples near front inner joint, contents good).

Keywords: female crafts home craft colonialism cross stitch patterns design dutch indonesia southeast asia