Author: Christie, Mrs. Archibald
Title: Samplers and Stitches. A Handbook of the Embroiderer's Art
Description: London: B.T. Batsford, 1934 (3rd edition); 8vo, hlf linen, very good no jacket. ¶ 152 +31 pp., bl/wh drawings and plates, frontispice in col., index. This 3rd ed. was revised and enlarged , and many designs and other illustrations by the author. This book is really a must-have for the serious embroiderer who wants to know her stitches and where to use them. This copy belonged to Hildegard Brom-Fischer, a famous needleworker from the Netherlands who was specialised in religious art and paraments. She wrote her name and address in crayon on the f.e.p.

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