English Crewel Designs

English Crewel Designs by Mary Eirwen Jones

This book is a unique and beautiful collection of historic English crewel designs selected from museums and private collections throughout England. The introductory text gives a concise history of the subject, followed by an explanation of how to use the designs, some useful hints and short descriptions of the basic stitches. English Crewel Designs is basically a pattern book. Over 100 of the most interesting motifs have been chosen from nearly 40 historic crewel pieces and reproduced as fine line drawings. The motifs include foliage, birds and animals. flowers, Trees of Life and borders.

{BACK}