Embroidered Stuart Pictures (Shire Album)

By Margaret Smith

Embroidered pictures of the seventeenth century still abound on boxes, mirror frames and bookbindings. The tiny figures dressed in opulent garments, exquisitely embroidered and set in a flowery landscape, are admired for their doll-like appearance, though the subjects are often obscure to the modern eye. This book gives a readable and authoritative account of how they came to be made, who made them and where they obtained their designs. It will be a useful handbook to collectors, museum curators and dealers and an inspiration to the moderns needlewoman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747800596
• ISBN13: 9780747800590
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.9" x 8.3"