Decorative Victorian Needlework

Decorative Victorian Needlework

Author: Elizabeth Bradley

Publisher: Sterling

Published: 2000-12-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806955834

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Whether your pleasure is animals, florals, abstract geometrics, or repeating patterns, they re here, along with borders and needlework rugs. Stitch cushions that feature subtly shaded, mossy rosebud wreaths, a cord-and-tassel design for borders, a pillow with a posy of violets, and a background of overlapping ribbons. From pin cushions and pictures to chair covers and carpets, every one is breathtaking. "


Victorian Needlework

Victorian Needlework

Author: Kathryn Ledbetter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-01-06

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0313386617

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Marrying two exceptionally popular topics—needlework and women's history—this book provides an authoritative yet entertaining discussion of the diversity and importance of needlework in Victorian women's lives. Victorian Needlework explores these ubiquitous pastimes—their practice and their meaning in women's lives. Covering the period from 1837–1901, the book looks specifically at the crafts themselves examining quilting, embroidery, crochet, knitting, and more. It discusses required skills and the techniques women used as well as the technological innovations that influenced needlework during this period of rapid industrialization. This book is unique in its comprehensive treatment of the topic ranging across class, time, and technique. Readers will learn what needlework meant to "ladies," for whom it was a hobby reflecting refinement and femininity, and discover what such skills could mean as a "suitable" way for a woman to make a living, often through grueling labor. Such insights are illustrated throughout with examples from women's periodicals, needlework guides, pattern books, and personal memoirs that bring the period to life for the modern reader.


Victorian Needlework

Victorian Needlework

Author: Kathryn Ledbetter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-01-06

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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Marrying two exceptionally popular topics—needlework and women's history—this book provides an authoritative yet entertaining discussion of the diversity and importance of needlework in Victorian women's lives. Victorian Needlework explores these ubiquitous pastimes—their practice and their meaning in women's lives. Covering the period from 1837–1901, the book looks specifically at the crafts themselves examining quilting, embroidery, crochet, knitting, and more. It discusses required skills and the techniques women used as well as the technological innovations that influenced needlework during this period of rapid industrialization. This book is unique in its comprehensive treatment of the topic ranging across class, time, and technique. Readers will learn what needlework meant to "ladies," for whom it was a hobby reflecting refinement and femininity, and discover what such skills could mean as a "suitable" way for a woman to make a living, often through grueling labor. Such insights are illustrated throughout with examples from women's periodicals, needlework guides, pattern books, and personal memoirs that bring the period to life for the modern reader.


Victorian Needlework

Victorian Needlework

Author: Flora Klickmann

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2011-11-02

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780486421544

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This vintage guide to the intricacies of Victorian needlecraft features step-by-step instructions for mastering an array of techniques and patterns. Featured projects include Bulgarian, Catalan, Hungarian, and Baro embroidery; a lesson in netting; hemstitching; making fringes; Berlin wool-work; Rhodes embroidery and punched work; reticella lace; and beads and beadwork. Approximately 87 black-and-white illustrations.


Victorian Needlepoint

Victorian Needlepoint

Author: Beth Russell

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1854702580

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This book presents 25 needlepoint projects b ased on the designs of William Morris and his contemporaries in the Arts & Crafts Movement. Each design is carefully cha rted and accompanied by detailed step-by-step instructions. '


Needlework Animals

Needlework Animals

Author: Elizabeth Bradley

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781570760426

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Provides patterns and instructions for over twenty-five needlework projects featuring a variety of animals.


Victorian Fancy Stitchery

Victorian Fancy Stitchery

Author: Flora Klickmann

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0486164632

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Abundantly illustrated instructions for projects ranging from Venetian crochet and elegant hardanger work to bead embroidery on netting. A valuable reference for collectors. 244 illustrations.


Needlework Antique Flowers

Needlework Antique Flowers

Author: Elizabeth Bradley

Publisher:

Published: 2008-06

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780980105117

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Inspired by the romance and charm of classic gardens in full bloom, this work presents needlework designs that bring the joys of nature into the home. Drawing upon perennial favourites and heirloom flowers, it follows on the success of Decorative Victorian Needlework, offering colour photographs, colour charts and comprehensive instructions.


Needlework Masterpieces from Winterthur

Needlework Masterpieces from Winterthur

Author: Hollis Greer Minor

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Inspired by the Winterthur Museum's historic collection of decorative arts in Delaware, USA, the author presents 33 colour-charted needlework projects. Each may be worked in the three most popular techniques today: needlepoint, multi-stitch canvaswork and counted cross-stitch


Old-time Tools and Toys of Needlework

Old-time Tools and Toys of Needlework

Author: Gertrude Whiting

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1971-01-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780486225173

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Describes the forms and uses of winders, bobbins, hoops, frames, bodkins, and other sewing implements used in various world cultures