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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Samplers Selected and Described - With an Introduction by Leigh Ashton of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Samplers Selected and Described - With an Introduction by Leigh Ashton of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Ashton, Leigh

Paperback

General World HistoryGeneral NeedleworkTextiles & Costume

ISBN10: 1408693569
ISBN13: 9781408693568
Publisher: Read Books
Published: Jan 21 2010
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This volume deals with samplers, embroidery pattern books popular in Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It includes beautiful examples contemporarily held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, with authentic photographs and information relating to materials and production. Highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of decorative needlework. Contents include: Embroidery, Samplers, England, Foreign Samplers, America, and Bibliography. Sources of Meaning in the Speech of Infants, Gaps, Gluts and Vagaries of a Native Terminology, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on embroidery.

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