18th Century Embroidery Techniques

192pp. Colour illustrations. Cloth-covered boards (sharp, bright, clean). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight throughout barring previous owner's name on front endpaper. In its original pictorial dust jacket (very slightly bumped at head of spine). Tells how 18th century embroiderers created exquisite needlework and the place such work and fashions had in the culture of the day; includes section on 18th century needlework tools, plus details and illustrations of the techniques they used and guidance on how to reproduce their stitches and styles today. Lavishly illustrated in full colour. A beautiful book.