Antique Needlework Tools and Embroideries
This important book is a comprehensive examination of needlework tools from the seventeenth century to the Edwardian era. The author, an expert with over twenty years' first-hand experience of her subject, has grouped needlework tools into specific periods, linking these to the style of embroidery that was in fashion and the social background of the time. This book answers the many questions posed by collectors of antique needlework tools and is of equal interest to all embroidery and...
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This important book is a comprehensive examination of needlework tools from the seventeenth century to the Edwardian era. The author, an expert with over twenty years' first-hand experience of her subject, has grouped needlework tools into specific periods, linking these to the style of embroidery that was in fashion and the social background of the time. This book answers the many questions posed by collectors of antique needlework tools and is of equal interest to all embroidery and needlework enthusiasts, social historians, dealers and auction houses.
Preface and Acknowledgements7Foreword11Introduction131The Seventeenth Century142Eighteenth Century Needlework Tools & Sewing Sets243Georgian Sewing Boxes364The Palais Royal465Georgian Crafts586Needlework Tools - c.1750 to c.1840807Nineteenth Century Sewing Boxes and Work Tables1028Nineteenth Century Sewing Sets1209Victorian Sewing Tools13810Victorian Crafts17011The Edwardian Era198Glossary209Bibliography211Index217
