A world of embroidery

by Mary Gostelow

Book Overview

Line drawings by the author and Janet Watson. 512 pages. Original cloth with gilt stamped. Illustrated dustwrapper. B-w & colour photos and illustrations Signed by Author on blank page. 25 x 19,5 cm. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684142309
• ISBN13: 9780684142302
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful for the person who loves to do embroidery

Color and black and white photos in this large format book illustrate embroidery from all corners of the globe. The first half of the book describes the practice of embroidery in many lands, the second half deals with stitches and techniques (177 entries, not counting stitch variations.). Embroidery is not merely a pastime, but an art.