Elizabethan Treasures: The Hardwick Hall Textiles

by National Trust and Santina M. Levey

The 16th- and 17th-century embroideries at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, form the earliest collection of original textile furnishings in Britain. This scholarly account of these Tudor and Elizabethan... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810963531
• ISBN13: 9780810963535
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

A Must-Have book for Elizabethan research

This is a terrific book. It not only gives a good look at the Hardwick Hall textiles, but also interesting insights into the motivations and prejudices of the Hardwick family at that time.Great photographs and descritpions give a total view of the textiles and the life and interests of one Elizabethan family.

Elizabethan Treasures - A Treasure

I haven't put this book down. The pictures and illustrations are beautiful and the text is interesting and informative. As a member of an historical recreation group I find this book is a "treasure" itself. I have been inspired by its contents and am all ready planning several projects. If you have an interest in the history of embroidery, textiles, or the history of Bess of Hardwick Hall and the Elizabethan world, this is a book you will enjoy!

Brilliant Scholarship and Understanding of Technique

Santina Levey is well known and admired in the circles of textile history, research and curatorship. This is a book that will appeal to the historian, the feminist, the needleworker, the restorer and the reader who simply wants to hear a rousing good story about fascinating characters. The plates are excellent. A good read and a good reference all in one. Well Done Ms. Levey, as usual. I eagerly await the catalogue.