Elizabethan embroidery

Name/Title

Elizabethan embroidery

Entry/Object ID

NK9243.W5 1964

Description

An illustrated study of the embroidery, domestic and professional, of the reign of Elizabeth I.

Collection

Lilo Markrich Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

embroidery--elizabethan--16th century, embroidery--england

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

George Wingfield Digby

Publisher

Thomas Yoseloff

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

1964

Notes

Length: 151 pages and 80 plates

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

General -- Domestic and professional embroidery -- The inspiration of gardens and flowers (short list of herbals and gardening books published in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries) -- Emblems -- Design sources -- Two noble needlewomen -- Embroidery for dress -- Embroidery for furnishing.