The art of needle-work, from the earliest ages : including some notices of the ancient historical tapestries / edited by the Right Honourable, the Countess of Wilton
1840, Second Edition. London : Henry Colburn. Good copy in contemporary cloth boards, decoratively blind-tooled, with title gilt-blocked to the spine. Covers slightly dust-dulled overall; board edges and endbands somewhat rubbed, with minor loss to the latter. Contemporary reader autograph to front free endpaper. Top right corner of title-page clipped, with text unaffected. Prelims faintly foxed, with interior remaining tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #459801
Physical description: ix, 405 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Needlework -- History. Tapestry -- History. Embroidery -- History. Textile crafts -- History. Decorative arts -- History. Women -- Conduct of life -- 19th century.
Price: €60.00