Name/Title
Traditional embroidered animalsEntry/Object ID
TT773.D66 1990Description
"Animals have been popular subjects for needlework throughout the ages and this book has examples that show animals in detail on the original needlework pieces. The author explains their pattern sources and then goes on to discuss the materials and techniques used so that modern embroiderers can recreate or adapt them. The book describes their role through the different embroidery fashions and includes many drawings, charts and ideas for incorporating animals into embroideries - plus many patterns from 16th- and 17th-century embroideries, medieval bestiaries and pattern books. For every era, there is a new embroidery stitched by Sarah Don, with detailed description of stitches and materials used."Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Lucy DillonNotes
Gift of Lucy Dillon, February 2024.Lexicon
Search Terms
animals in art, embroidery--patternsBook Details
Author
Sarah DonPublisher
David & CharlesDate Published
1990ISBN
9780715389676, 071538967XNotes
Length: 128General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
The Bayeux tapestry -- Animals in medieval ecclesiastical embroidery -- Sixteenth century canvas work -- Elizabethan creatures -- Emblems and early blackwork -- Pattern books and crewel work -- Stumpwork and beadwork -- Heraldry -- Samplers -- Animals in the rural idyll -- Berlin woolwork.