Antique Edwardian Arts Crafts Embroidery Patterns CD!04
1904 Arts & Crafts
(Aesthetic Movement)
Edwardian
Embroidery Linen Reference Book & Catalog
EMBROIDERY
LESSONS
with COLORED
STUDIES
The Latest & Most
Complete Book on the Subject of Silk
Embroidery & Popular Fancy Work
This antique book CD Republication includes Embroidery Lessons,
and Illustrated Projects with Written Instructions,
Charts, Floss Colors and 20 PATTERNS FOR COLLARS (4: Current,
Grape, Pepper Berry
and Strawberries), COLLAR & CUFFS SETS (2: Grapes and Blackberries), WAIST/COLLAR
& CUFF SETS (4: Grapes, Iris, Cherries and Daisies)!
I have included
an ADDITIONAL 29 FULL PAGE-SIZED PATTERNS for EMBROIDERED SOFA
PILLOW TOPS (14: Wheat, Fleur-de-lis, styalized florals, 4 with romantic sentiments: roses,
forget-me-nots, daisies and owls.), DOILIES (2: Oak/Acorns
and grape clusters/vines), PICTURE FRAMES (13: Roses, Carnations, Poppies, and
Florals) from another Victorian Era source!
A similar (Newer!) 1907 hardcopy version of
this book sold the first week of June, 2004 for $180.27!
Here you can have similar re-enactment information that
it contained, and MORE, for a fraction of the price!!!
If you are
the first to bid on this auction, using the buy-it-now option, YOU WIN!! There is no chance of being
outbid! DON'T WAIT!!
Up for bid
is a CD-ROM of the original "Embroidery Lessons with Colored Studies "
published
by the Brainerd & Armstrong Company in 1904! These folks provided some
of the best instruction books for the needlearts ever published! The experienced needlecraft and fancywork
artesians of the late 1800's (Victorian era) clamoured for this type
of item and with good reason! (Original is NOT for sale)
This HISTORIC book
contains an UNABRIDGED 137 PAGES of steel plate
etchings, instructions, designs and fundamentals for creating the extremely handsome soft furnishings of the
Victorian era!
There is a total of 184 pages in this item once all the full
page-sized patterns are included. Wow, what a deal!
The
pattens could also be used for clothing embelishments, doilies, table runners,
household, kitchen towels, bathroom decorations and much
more...
These patterns can
be resized (using the enlarge or reduce options on
commonly accessible photo copiers) for embroidered sofa pillow tops, beribboned picture
frames, doilies, center pieces, crazy quilt, red work, black work, white
work and more! You will also find historical facts on this
ancient craft as well as various RARE and UNIQUE guidelines to assist you along
the way to recreating the needleworked items of a classy and gentile
society!
It a mix of general to expert levels of the Arts and Crafts movement needleart and MISSION STYLE DESIGNS
AND TINTED SOFA CUSHIONS, DOILES and PICTURE FRAMES FOR EMBROIDERY. The strongly
styled arts and crafts movement designs and colors are clearly seen
in the listing photo.It includes colored plates and many black and white illustrations.
See table of contents below.
These instructions are characteristic
of the fancy work done by our oh-so-feminine lady ancestors during the Victorian
era! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another
wonderful craft book revealing our heritage from early America and
Europe!
Contents:
Good
Silk for Good Work
Care of Hands and
Selection of Needles
Embroidery Hoops
Laundering
Embroidery
Some Additional
Helps
Embroidery
Stitches
Table of
Flowers
The
purpose of the following table is to enumerate in alphabetical order our
different designs and to show the pages where the instructions are given for
working them:
Acorn
American Beauty
Rose
Apple
Blossom
Bridesmaid
Rose
Callifornia Pepper
Berry
Carnation
Chrysanthemum
Daisy, White
Forget-me-not
Grapes, Green
Grapes,
Purple
Holly
Jacqueminot Rose
Maiden Hair Fern
Marechal
Niel Rose
Pink
Pepper Berry
Poppy, Red
Rose, American
Beauty
Rose, Bridesmaid
Rose, Jacqueminot
Rose, Marechal Niel
Rose, Wild
Strawberry
Sweet Pea
Violet
Wild Rose
Meaning of
Botanical Words
Single and Double
Threads
Direction of
Stitches in Turn-over Leaf or Petal
Lessons in
Embroidering Flowers
Brown Linen
Centerpieces and Doilies
Embroidery on
Huckaback
Montmellick
Embroidery
Table and Stand
Covers
Waists, Waist Sets and
Collars for Embroidery
(FULL-PAGE PATTERNS FOR
THESE ALSO INCLUDED! But not shown in listing photo)
Novelties for
Embroidery
Sofa Cushions for
Embroidery
Plus
Various Wonderful Advertisments from the Victorian and Edwardian
Eras
~~~ Pretty much everything you
need to make the dainty silk Victorian household embroideries but the antique or
vintage threads, fabric, hoops or frames, etc. Those can be readily found on
eBay! You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, you can obtain
the contemporary materials at your nearest fabric or craft
store...
~~~ Thank you for viewing my auction! Please check my other
auctions for a variety of interesting vintage & antiqued
items.
This information has been scanned onto CD-ROM using the
Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You may download the latest FREE version of
this software quickly at www.adobe.com
. This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an
ORIGINAL CD of this resourceful antique book on CD REPUBLICATION.
The text is viewed easily from
your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing book
on antique embroidery. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned
to preserve this ANTIQUE book's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format
of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book.
What are the benefits of an antique book CD REPUBLICATION?
* Every image and every page has been
scanned at a high dpi to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with
any crumbling old paper!
* These scans are completely sizable. You can
enlarge and print according to your visual needs! They
are reformated in full-page sizing for better viewing of details, etc.!
* Each page is saved in
PDF format at 300 dsi and is readily accessible using the downloadable Adobe Acrobat
Reader software program. This program is very user friendly and allows you to
print any one specific page, pages or the entire book!
* Each time you want to use an
image, a page or pages you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and
clear as the last!
* Each CD-ROM comes in a protective case!
Curious about
the quality of these scans? Please contact me and I will forward an image for
your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and
you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate
the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for
many years to come...
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