Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery - Couverture souple

Day, Lewis Foreman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3847223003 ISBN 13 : 9783847223009

Editeur : Tredition Classics, 2012

Synopsis

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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Embroidery may be looked at from more points of view than it would be possible in a book like this to take up seriously. Merely to hover round the subject and glance casually at it would serve no useful purpose. It may be as well, therefore, to define our standpoint: we look at the art from its practical side, not, of course, neglecting the artistic, for the practical use of embroidery is to be beautiful. The custom has been, since woman learnt to kill time with the needle, to think of embroidery too much as an idle accomplishment. It is more than that. At the very least it is a handicraft: at the best it is an art. This contention may be to take it rather seriously; but if one esteemed it less it would hardly be worth writing about, and the book, when written, would not be worth the attention of students of embroidery, needleworkers, and designers of needlework to whom it is addressed. It sets forth to show what decorative stitching is, how it is done, and what it can do. It is illustrated by samplers of stitches; by diagrams, to explain the way stitches are done; and by examples of old and modern work, to show the artistic application of the stitches.

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally-enhance the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tags: stitch stitches embroidery needlework satin thread silk needle gold stuff sampler design lines stitching white surface pattern colour ground effect

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tredition Classics
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3847223003
• ISBN 13: 9783847223009
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: tredition GmbH; gpsr@tredition.com; ; Heinz-Beusen-Stieg 5; Ahrensburg; 22926; Allemagne