Author: LESAGE, ÉCOLE & MATHIEU PRIEUR & FANNY BRUNO
Title: Point de Croix Et Autres Secrets de Broderie [French Language]
Description: Paris: École Lesage, Paris, 2003. First Edition (?). Hard Cover. ISBN: 2845670540. Color Illustrations; 6 X 8 1/2 x 1 1/2; 50+ pages; Glazed colored hard bound slip case, very slight bumping. Includes a stapled wraps booklet, with a table of contents and bibliography. Patterns are broken down by difficulty and style. For each pattern/motif there is a color photograph with info on the back, a clear tissue separating the color pix, and then a pattern on tissue. A satin ribbon is bound into the bottom of the box, to more easily lift out the patterns. "The Lesage studio was purchased by Chanel in 2002. Chanel chief designer Karl Lagerfeld wanted to ensure that this 130-year-old embroidery business would stay in business, in a world of mass-produced, made-in-China clothing. The House of Lesage is a house of hand work. Executed by what the French call petites mains — little hands. They do it all. "The drawing, the sewing, the embroidery ..." Everything done by "very precious hands," says Chanel's Angelique Ginguene...About 20 years ago, to keep his petites mains on salary and to perpetuate the art at a time of economic slump, Lesage started an embroidery school in this tranquil 19th century Paris building". The art of embroidery is a very ancient skill, well worth the effort to continue its beauty and artistry.. As New in As New dust jacket .

Keywords: 2845670540 Needlecrafts; Needlework; Stitchery; Embroidery; Design; Crafts; Needlework; Haute Couture; Clothing; Costume; French Couture; Costume Design; Costume History; Designer Clothing; Handicrafts; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education Art