Author: Wheeler, Candace Title: The Developement of Embroidery in America
Description: New York, Harper & Bros, 1921. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. ix, [1], 151, [1] pages frontispiece (portrait) plates (some color). Contents: Introductory: The story of the needle.--Beginnings in the new world.--The crewelwork of our Puritan mothers.--Samplers and a word about quilts.--Moravian work, portraiture, French embroidery and lacework.--Berlin woolwork.--Revival of embroidery, and the founding of the Society of Decorative Art.--American tapestry.--The Bayeux tapestries. VG Cover has shelf wear, staining and edge damage. Bookblock has age toning and foxing. Previous owners name stamped on inside front cover .
Keywords: Needlework, American ; Embroidery ; ; Needlework, American
Price: US$ 70.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 182692
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