Green cloth boards with black titles and decorations. Mobi files can be read on kindles, epub files can be read on other ebook readers, and zip files can be downloaded and read on your computer. Amazingly thorough and fullyillustrated book on anything to do with needlework. This beautiful cross stitch pattern is adapted from an antique english sampler, stitched in 1771 by a girl named elizabeth garratt. Irish lace crochet fully illustrated how to instructions. Peters church elworth schools project day david the giant slayer my name is cathryn houghton and i serve the lord as children and families worker at st. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Encyclopedia of needlework wikisource, the free online library. Encyclopedia of needlework 1890 edition open library. The guions, like the angevines, were huguenots and they descended from the noble house of. Deborah guion angevine 16681712 find a grave memorial.
She owned a string of shops in european capitals and she was one of the most important pioneers in the international and multicultural enterprise of hobby needlework in the late nineteenth century. I recently pulled it for instructions on repairing a knitted item. Irish lace, also known under the name of renaissance lace, from its having been first made in the sixteenth century, is an imitation of the earliest pillow laces. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. First published in 1884, this remarkable volume is an exhaustive resource on virtually all forms of needlework, from crochet to macrame. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Dillmonts encyclopedia of needlework 1886 has been. This work was published before january 1, 1925, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. B000rwgux2 good former library copy library stamps and stickers throughout bumping. This is a wonderful resource if you have any inclination to sew, mend, embroider, knit, crochet, macrame, tat, net or work with lace. Encyclopedia of needlework wikisource, the free online.
Published by benediction classics 20110101 2011 isbn 10. The project gutenberg ebook of encyclopedia of needlework, by. The project gutenberg ebook of encyclopedia of needlework. Just about every kind of needlework is covered embroidery, sewing, darning, smocking, cutwork, drawn thread, knitting, crochet, tapestry, lacemaking, and many more. The encyclopedia of needlework is presented here in its entirety. Careful workers will be able by its help to instruct themselves in every branch of plain and fancy needlework therein described. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Oct 28, 1972 this is a musthave book for any stitcher.
Apr 05, 2020 this work was published before january 1, 1925, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Mar 08, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Because the sampler lacked some letters j and u, i have added these along with the modern spelling of words, this has made the sizeshape slightly different from the original. It is in english and copies exist in french, italian, spanish and german. See all formats and editions hide other formats and.
True to its title, this really is an encyclopedia, describing all the different kinds of needlework a woman at the end of the 19th century might need or want to do. Publication date 1890 topics needlework publisher mulhouse alsace. The classic resource on a wide variety of needle arts. A full encyclopaedia of needle work including illustrations. The encyclopedia of needlework is published in english, french, german and italian. I have a copy of the encyclopedia of needlework by therese. One aspect of my role is to engage local primary schools in an annual bible based project which brings together the. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Jan 19, 2010 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.