Design in embroidery
1969, 1st edition. London Newton Centre, Mass. : Batsford ; C.T. Branford. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386604
ISBN: 0713426330
Physical description; 240 pp., 8 plates (chiefly illustrations (including 8 color)), 26 cm. Contents; Teaching embroidery and design -- Historical review -- Threads -- Stitches -- Doing embroidery -- Technique -- Special and traditional techniques -- Drawing -- Designer -- Perception -- Seeing as a designer -- Line -- Shape -- Making shapes in embroidery -- Pattern -- Pattern in embroidery -- Designing -- Proportion -- Colour and tone -- Using fabrics -- texture -- Composition -- Stages in creating embroidery -- Being ingenious -- Commissions -- Church embroidery -- Embroidery for special occasions. Subjects; Embroidery. Needlework. Handicrafts. Textile arts.
Price: €14.95