The Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) is published online as a web site.
The book hold 16 chapters that range across many areas of needlework. For anyone looking for pulled and drawn stitches there is a chapter on Single Cut Openwork and a chapter on Whitework which is useful. Under Miscellaneous fancy work there are some interesting techniques along side some canvas work stitches.
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Thanks so much for this post. It looks very easy to navigate and the illustrations are very easy to read and follow! 🙂
Guau!Jamas hubiera encontrado este sitio sin su ayuda.Hay muchos lugares interesantes en Internet,que suben libros antiguos,pero los suben como documento pdf ,los cuales no se traducen.
El sitio que nos recomienda se traduce perfecto .Muchas gracias.Cariños.
Been looking through it a bit this morning. What a great resource. Thanks for the link 🙂
what an interesting book. even includes instructions how to fit whale bones 🙂
Oh wow! I’ve seen it on Project Gutenberg before, but that can be a bit unwieldy. The website version looks a lot easier to navigate. Definitely bookmarking that!