their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers
A treatise on lace-making and embroidery, with Barbour's Irish flax thread
Language: EnglishAnand’s Embroidery Book: Hand Drawn Designs to Use in Machine Embroidery
Language: EnglishThe designs in this book are perfectly suited to hand embroidery too. Some would adapt well into redwork and other surface techniques.
A Book of Fancy Designs for Ornamenting Oriental Work
Language: EnglishCollection of interesting stitch patterns for quilting
Portfolio of Designs for Embroidery
Language: EnglishCollection of embroidery designs. Many of them would make a great springboard for further design ideas.
D.M.C. Motifs pour Broderies (Part 2)
Language: EnglishGreat collection of line drawings of the embroidery motifs in the book. They’re very Art Nouveau.
In French, is mostly a lace-related book (lots of lace designs for embroidered laces), the designs and drawings can be used or manipulated for surface embroidery as well.
Its Forms and Fillings
Including Late Tudor
Needlework through History: An Encyclopedia
Language: EnglishThe Progress of the Marbling Art, from Technical Scientific Principles by Halfer
Papers of special value to all interested in the development of art among the children
The ladies' tailor complete instructor
Language: EnglishThe Art of Sketching By G. Fraipont
Language: EnglishAn encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described
Basket-work of the North American Aborigines
Language: EnglishDesign, Plants in art, New York School of Applied Design for Women, Decoration and ornament–Plant forms, Floral patterns
Needle-craft: artistic and practical
Language: Englishtheir manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers
Containing practical instructions in the ornamental branches of needlework
A lady's book on art embroidery in silk, with engraved patterns
Language: EnglishA collection of baskets and other articles with lessons for working and directions for dyeing and staining
The sewing machine : its invention and development
Language: EnglishBeing a practical manual of the sewing machine, comprising its history and details of its construction, with full technical directions for the adjusting of sewing machines
The Invention Of the Sewing Machine
Language: EnglishA Text-book of the History of Painting
Language: EnglishVariety Italian Cut Work and Filet Lace Book No. 1.
Language: EnglishCollingbournes New Easy Way of making real Tatting and Maltese Art, Book no. 11.
Language: EnglishPriscilla Needlework Book for 1898
Language: EnglishHow to make cut work, point lace and Battenburg lace, hand silk embroidery.
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ADVENTURES AMONG THE THIMBLE PEOPLE.
For all girls who love to make pretty things.
The complete dressmaker, with simple directions for home millinery
Language: EnglishPriscilla Hedebo and Cutwork Book
Language: EnglishA collection of original designs, with stitches and lessons for working.
Instruction in hedebo and Roman, Spanish, Venetian, Italian, Richelieu, and Moorish cutwork. Starting with the basic embroidery points employed in this work, and building on that with simple projects, quickly progressing to rather involved looking work. A rare Priscilla publication. There exists another Priscilla book on Italian cutwork.