English Embroidery : Period of James I (1603-1625) (Victoria and Albert Museum)

Unpaginated, 4pp, single full colour plate. Brown card covers, beige label with black titles. Some scratches on front; sun faded at top of rear. Lender's label on verso of front cover. Blemish on first page. 4to. Stunning illustration featuring a detail of an embroidered hanging from the early 17th century, likely taken from a pattern in Richard Shorleyker's Schole-House for the Needle (1624). No. 7 in the V&A's Coloured Reproductions series)