Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) has been published online as a web site.
Usually online books are delivered as PDF files which are easy to download but still a bit unwieldy and costly to print out. It is really handy to have version as a website, as you can pop online with a search function check something quickly.
The book consists of 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.
Thanks for the link! Now Therese will be accessible even when I don’t have my (dearly loved) copy of her book handy!
Thank you so much!!
found an invaluable chapter on net stitches and net darning.
very exciting stitches and will try my hand.
i’m currently working on a series using old lace and found places where it had been darned. so fine a work you could only tell by touch as the newer net was coarser than the original.
neki desu
Another super (bonza???) link. Thanks, Sharon!=)
Sharon, wonderful find! thank you for the link. It has been a long time since I looked at these wonderful pages. Rene
My husband bought this book for me from ‘The Beehive’ in Cairns North Queensland as a Xmas present 30 years ago. It has been like a bible for me. I’m so glad it’s on the net. Now I can enlarge some of those small illustrations.
Thanks Sharon
Carolyne Foley
Fantastic link Sharon, so clear and easy to access.
Thanks for that Sharon. I can get lost in her stuff so easily! It is so interesting to read about the old methods of mending even.
I am fortunate to own a copy of this book, but glad it has been made accessable to all via the internet as it is a font of information.
thanks sharon for that site – I have the book on loan at the moment from the local library and it will be good to still have easy access to the material after i take it back. It is an amazing volume, isn’t it? the old story – some of those old books are irreplaceable.
My husband gave me an early English translation of this book as a Christmas pressie – it is wonderful reading. Good to see it is also on online so everyone can have a look!