The Developement of Embroidery in America
New York: Harper & Bros. 1921. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. ix, [1], 151, [1] pages frontispiece (portrait) plates (some color). VG Cover has shelf wear, staining and edge damage. Bookblock has age toning and foxing. Previous owners name stamped on inside front cover. Item #182692
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.
OCLC: 1468177
Price: $70.00