Linda at Chloe’s place has been loading images of an old embroidery book into a flickr account she created for that purpose I simply love old embroidery books like this and particularly when people put them online as this is the way old stitches get rediscovered by needleworkers and crazy …
For anyone interested in the grand festivals that took place in Europe between 1475 to 1700 the British Library has digitised 253 Renaissance festival books from their collection. It is part of their Treasures in Full series which has digitised every page of rare editions and historic works.
The Blackwell Museum houses a fascinating illustrated article on horn books which were a paper saving format made for children to use. Paper was covered with a thin piece of cows horn which was transparent. These books were actually used and the article covers how they were made.
Talwin Morris (1865-1911) was the Art Director for the publisher Blackie and Son. The image gallery of this site houses an electronic catalogue of 60 images of designs. Anyone interested in book design and illustration in the Glasgow Style, which was a Scottish expression of Art Nouveau, will find this …
I found this online facsimile of a book of lace designs by Federic Vinciolo who in 1606 was commissioned by the French court to produce lace. Many of these designs could be used as a design source – converted to cross stitch and used on samplers. Thinking about it, I …
