Vintage French Needlework
300 Authentic Cross-Stitch Patterns—Flowers, Borders, and Alphabets from Antique Textiles
$80.00
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
28 June 2024
Summary
Carefully transcribed from vintage table, dowry, and bed linens, this treasury of easy-to-use patterns allows today’s stitchers to enrich their projects with original 1800s touches. Sharing the result of her years combing dusty attics, archives, brocantes, and antique shops for vintage handstitched items and rare needlework manuals, embroidery expert Maillard here offers the patterns used by French women in the 1800s and early 1900s to prepare their dowry chests or to customize their househol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780764367649 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0764367641 |
| Author: | Véronique Maillard |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 28 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.92kg |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 249mm x 200mm |
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Critics Review
“This book is a goldmine for stitchers, with letters and motifs in shapes, sizes, and styles that can be adapted to any piece.” – Embroidery Magazine
About The Author
Véronique Maillard
Véronique Maillard merges her needlework expertise with her passion for searching for vintage handstitched items and rare needlework manuals in attics, archives, brocantes, and antique shops. She is the author of several historical needlework books in her native France. She lives in Paris.
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