Embroidery Designs for Fashion and Furnishings
From the Victoria and Albert Museum
Published on 3. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-85177-814-0 (ISBN)
Description
This striking publication presents highlights from the V&A's outstanding collection of embroidery designs for fashion, accessories and home furnishings. A practical, inspirational resource for textile historians, designers and embroiderers, Embroidery Designs contains patterns for gowns, jackets, bags, collars, children's clothing and soft furnishings, as well as poignant designs for embroideries on the themes of love and intimacy. The book is international in scope, and includes examples from the Italian Renaissance, twentieth-century Russia and Morris & Co as well as a pattern for Queen Mary's closet.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 299 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
730 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85177-814-0 (9781851778140)
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Moira Thunder is a freelance curator, writer and speaker and was previously Curator in the Word and Image Department at the V&A. She is the author of V&A Pattern: Spitalfields Silks (V&A, 2011).