A Practical Guide to Canvas Work

A Practical Guide to Canvas Work from the Victoria & Albert Museum edited by Linda Parry

Every admirer of fine embroidery on canvas will prize a copy of this essential and charming book. A Practical Guide to Canvas Work enables today's embroiderer to recreate masterpieces from the 17th century to the present, from traditional flame-pattern seat covers to Berlin woolwork samplers. All the designs are based on stunning examples of needlework from the Victoria & Albert Museum, one of the world's largest and finest collections. Illustrated in vivid color and precisely charted for faithful reproduction are motifs and patterns from Victorian Berlin embroidery, a 17th-century embroidered panel and an 18th-century embroidery-paneled fire screen. Floral, pictorial, geometric, heraldic and animal designs are both illustrated and charted.

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