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Traditional Icelandic Embroidery

Author : Elsa E. Guðjónsson
Publisher : University of Iceland Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditional Icelandic Embroidery written by Elsa E. Guðjónsson and published by University of Iceland Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Traditional Icelandic Embroidery has been out of print for almost a decade and is now available in revised edition. The main text contains a survey of the history of Icelandic traditional embroidery from the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century, emphasizing extant embroideries preserved in the National Museum of Iceland in Reykjavik. Included are fifty-four photographs in full color of embroideries and twenty-four pages of original patterns, all in the National Museum of Iceland, and an extensive updated bibliography of relevant books and articles. Also included are eight pages with stitch diagrams and descriptions of how to work the various techniques used in the embroideries, and twenty-four plates of traditional Icelandic squared embroidery designs.

Icelandic Patterns in Needlepoint

Author : Jóna Sparey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780948432903
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Patterns in Needlepoint written by Jóna Sparey and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World

Author : Alexandra Lester-Makin
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789251478
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World written by Alexandra Lester-Makin and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiography of early medieval embroideries and their context within the British Isles. The book brings together and analyses for the first time all 43 embroideries believed to have been made in the British Isles and Ireland in the early medieval period. New research carried out on those embroideries that are accessible today, involving the collection of technical data, stitch analysis, observations of condition and wear-marks and microscopic photography supplements a survey of existing published and archival sources. The research has been used to write, for the first time, the ‘story’ of embroidery, including what we can learn of its producers, their techniques, and the material functions and metaphorical meanings of embroidery within early medieval Anglo-Saxon society. The author presents embroideries as evidence for the evolution of embroidery production in Anglo-Saxon society, from a community-based activity based on the extended family, to organized workshops in urban settings employing standardized skill levels and as evidence of changing material use: from small amounts of fibers produced locally for specific projects to large batches brought in from a distance and stored until needed. She demonstrate that embroideries were not simply used decoratively but to incorporate and enact different meanings within different parts of society: for example, the newly arrived Germanic settlers of the fifth century used embroidery to maintain links with their homelands and to create tribal ties and obligations. As such, the results inform discussion of embroidery contexts, use and deposition, and the significance of this form of material culture within society as well as an evaluation of the status of embroiderers within early medieval society. The results contribute significantly to our understanding of production systems in Anglo-Saxon England and Ireland.

Icelandic Handknits

Author : Helene Magnusson
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 076034244X
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Handknits written by Helene Magnusson and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents patterns for twenty-five knitting projects inspired by traditional artifacts from the Textile Museum in Blèonduâos, Iceland, including ideas for such items as mittens, socks, sweaters, wristwarmers, and shoe inserts.

Fashion Embroidery

Author : Jessica Pile
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849945055
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Fashion Embroidery written by Jessica Pile and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical step-by-step guide to haute couture embroidery covers everything from machine and hand stitching, to tambour beading, goldwork and monogramming. Whether you are interested in adding monogrammed initials to your favourite bathrobe, stitching a flower on your favourite jacket, adding sparkling beads to a new dress or creating a goldwork embellishment, Fashion Embroidery teaches you how to add a unique touch to your clothes. In this beautifully illustrated book, Jessica Pile, the Production Director at Hand & Lock embroidery, explores the intricate techniques used in fashion embroidery. With hand-drawn designs, catwalk photographs and step-by-step guides, this book is perfect for beginners looking to personalise their own clothes, as well as more experienced embroiderers who want to apply new techniques to different fabrics. Beginning with an inspirational overview of the fashion industry, Jessica looks at examples of embroideries and embellishments by a variety of couturiers, including Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Hardy Amies and Burberry. The book then demonstrates the basics of three main techniques – goldwork, tambour beading and embroidery stitches including silk shading, satin and stem stitch. In do-it-yourself projects, Jessica first helpfully explains the basics of materials; she teaches you how to pick the right fabric, what tools to use, where to source materials, what types of wire or beads to use and terminology. Taking influences from existing couture designs, she then shows you how to execute these learned techniques onto your own clothes. This book is perfect for fashion students, textile artists, and those who want a more unique look to their clothes.

Embroidery

Author : Grace Christie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Embroidery written by Grace Christie and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Icelandic Knitting

Author : Helene Magnusson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781844483112
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Knitting written by Helene Magnusson and published by . This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated instructions to rose-pattern knitting in Iceland, with twenty-six simple patterns and information on basic techniques and yarns.

A World of Embroidery

Author : Mary Gostelow
Publisher : New York : Scribner
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A World of Embroidery written by Mary Gostelow and published by New York : Scribner. This book was released on 1975 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first half [of the book] describes the practice of embroidery in many lands, the second deals with stitches and techniques"--Cover.

Iceland

Author : John Joseph Horton
Publisher : Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Iceland written by John Joseph Horton and published by Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Woven into the Earth

Author : Else Ostergaard
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN 13 : 8771244379
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Woven into the Earth written by Else Ostergaard and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the century's most spectacular archaeological finds occurred in 1921, a year before Howard Carter stumbled upon Tutankhamun's tomb, when Poul Norlund recovered dozens of garments from a graveyard in the Norse settlement of Herjolfsnaes, Greenland. Preserved intact for centuries by the permafrost, these mediaeval garments display remarkable similarities to western European costumes of the time. Previously, such costumes were known only from contemporary illustrations, and the Greenland finds provided the world with a close look at how ordinary Europeans dressed in the Middle Ages. Fortunately for Norlund's team, wood has always been extremely scarce in Greenland, and instead of caskets, many of the bodies were found swaddled in multiple layers of cast off clothing. When he wrote about the excavation later, Norlund also described how occasional thaws had permitted crowberry and dwarf willow to establish themselves in the top layers of soil. Their roots grew through coffins, clothing and corpses alike, binding them together in a vast network of thin fibers - as if, he wrote, the finds had been literally sewn in the earth. Eighty years of technical advances and subsequent excavations have greatly added to our understanding of the Herjolfsnaes discoveries. Woven into the Earth recounts the dramatic story of Norlund's excavation in the context of other Norse textile finds in Greenland. It then describes what the finds tell us about the materials and methods used in making the clothes. The weaving and sewing techniques detailed here are surprisingly sophisticated, and one can only admire the talent of the women who employed them, especially considering the harsh conditions they worked under. While Woven into the Earth will be invaluable to students of medieval archaeology, Norse society and textile history, both lay readers and scholars are sure to find the book's dig narratives and glimpses of life among the last Vikings fascinating.

Danish Floral Charted Designs

Author : Gerda Bengtsson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486239578
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Danish Floral Charted Designs written by Gerda Bengtsson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embroiderers will welcome this delightful collection of charted designs by Gerda Bengtsson, considered one of the greatest living designers of counted cross-stitch designs. Here are more than 40 exquisite florals, including such favorites as Buttercups, Anemone, Pansies, Spring Flowers, Iceland Poppy, Crowberry, Lapland Rhododendron, Wild Fruit, Sweet Violet, Lady's Mantle, Stone Bramble, and Hare's-Foot Clover. All of the designs are color keyed to both D.M.C. and Danish Flower Thread embroidery floss, and because the chart makes it easy to vary the size of the design they can be used to decorate anything from small pillows to bedspreads. The patterns lend themselves to use not only in cross-stitch, but also needlepoint, rug-hooking, crochet, and other forms of counted thread embroidery.

Scandinavian Folk Patterns for Counted Thread Embroidery

Author : Claudia Riiff Finseth
Publisher : Thomas Allen Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780931397219
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Scandinavian Folk Patterns for Counted Thread Embroidery written by Claudia Riiff Finseth and published by Thomas Allen Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Embroidery

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Embroidery written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stumpwork Embroidery

Author : Helen Richman
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 1785002953
Total Pages : 1059 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Stumpwork Embroidery written by Helen Richman and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 1059 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stumpwork is a highly decorative and imaginative embroidery technique, which typically uses raised and padded stitches that are rich in texture. This practical book explains how to create your own piece of stumpwork embroidery. Beginning with an introduction to the appropriate materials, equipment and tools, it instructs on a wide range of stitches and techniques, and illustrates them with ten delightful projects. It then explains how to design your own piece of stumpwork before advising on finishing, presenting and caring for you work. Written by a leading embroiderer, this beautiful book will inspire and encourage you to try this exciting technique and create your own exquisite designs. Contents include: Practical advice on working with threads, as well as how to stretch and prepare fabrics; Over 900 photographs to guide the reader through a wide range of decorative and raised stitches; Detailed instructions on combining stumpwork with a range of other techniques to create unique designs; Ten projects show how to use the stitches in designs, including stumpwork human figures. This practical guide will be of great interest to embroiderers, designers, theatre designers, interior designers and historians, and is beautifully illustrated with 983 colour photographs.

Iceland Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iceland Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

Author : Gordon Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195189485
Total Pages : 1277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts written by Gordon Campbell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-09 with total page 1277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.

Medieval Clothing and Textiles 17

Author : Cordelia Warr
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783275987
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Clothing and Textiles 17 written by Cordelia Warr and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays here take us from the twelfth century, with an exploration of an inventory of Mediterranean textiles from an Ifriqiyan Church, into an examination and reconstruction of an extant thirteenth-century sleeve in France which provides a rare and early example of medieval quilted armour, and finally on to late medieval Sweden and the reconstruction of gilt-leather intarsia coverlets. A study of construction techniques and the evolution of form of gable and French hoods in the late medieval and the early modern periods follows; and the volume alos includes a study of how underwear for depicted in Renaissance paintings and manuscript illuminations serves as a marker of class.