Sewing History
Dress in Detail from Around the World by Call Number: Art Library GT2050 .D74 2002ISBN: 0810965550Publication Date: 2002This illustrated work celebrates the Victoria and Albert Museum's magnificent collection of dress from around the world with many close-up photographs.
Embroidery Through the Ages, 1977 by Call Number: Art Library, NK9201.N483 G37213Publication Date: c1978Glossary of embroidery stitches included.
An abridged version of the exhibition catalog, prepared by N. Gasc, in collaboration with L. Schildge, and others, published (c1977) under title: Broderie au passé et au présent
Part of an exhibition organized by and first held at the Musée des arts décoratifs in ParisEnglish and Other Needlework Tapestries and Textiles, 1960 by
Call Number: Art Library 746Un8EPublication Date: 1960
English Embroidery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700 by Call Number: Art Library, NK9243.E54 2008ISBN: 9780300129670Publication Date: 2009-01-27This book centers around the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s preeminent collection of embroidered objects from England’s late Tudor and Stuart eras. These seventeenth-century embroideries, some eighty works in all, include samplers, gloves, headgear, purses, raised work panels, boxes and mirrors, portrait miniatures, lavishly embroidered Bibles, and a spectacular burse made to hold the Great Seal of England. In a series of essays the book explores the important role of embroidery in the history of textiles and decorative arts and also offers new insight into the role of women in the production of decorative arts. Expert scholars discuss embroidered furnishings, fashion accessories, biblical narratives, and pastoral imagery, to create a superb and comprehensive overview of embroidery during this tumultuous period in English history.
Girlhood embroidery : American samplers & pictorial needlework, 1650-1850 vol. 1-2 by Call Number: Art Library NK9112 .R57 1993 Vol. 1-2ISBN: 0394550099Publication Date: 1993- The Joan Stephens Collection- Important Samplers and Pictorial Needlework byCall Number: Art Library, NK9103.S74 1997Publication Date: 1997Sotheby' auction catalog of needlework supplies and samplers.
- Needlework Through History: An Encyclopedia byCall Number: Art Library 746H213A Art Reference TT750.L48 2007Publication Date: 1938Survey of cultural traditions in needlework throughout the world. American Needlework, 1938
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"Make It Yourself" by Call Number: Main Library, TT715.G67 2009ISBN: 0231142447Publication Date: 2009-01-05Examines how women used sewing as both a means of supporting traditional ideas and as a tool of personal agency from 1890 to 1930 , the period when ready-made garments were becoming increasingly available.
Tools and Toys of Stitchery by Call Number: Storage-O 746W589T c.2Publication Date: 1928Hundreds of tools used for stitching with pictures and descriptions.
Women and the Material Culture of Needlework and Textiles, 1750-1950 by Call Number: Art Library, NK8809.W66 2009ISBN: 9780754665380Publication Date: 2016-04-27
Women, Work, and Representation: needlewomen in Victorian art and literature by Call Number: Main Library, PR468.N4 A44 2003ISBN: 0821414933Publication Date: 2003-06-30Traces the development of the symbol of the seamstress through a variety of presentations, and provides new insights into the lives of working women throughout the Victorian era.
Worth to Dior : 20th century fashion from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria / by Call Number: Art Library, NK4710.N38 1993Collection of National Gallery of Victoria fashions from 1860-1960. Embroideries, embellishments, shoes & hats.
Needlework Through History by ISBN: 9780313335488Publication Date: American Needlework, 1938This volume of approximately 75 entries is a survey of cultural traditions and techniques throughout the world.
