Renaissance Cross Stitch Samplers

by Angela Wainwright

Book Overview

This collection of cross-stich samplers and other display pieces was inspired by the decorative arts produced during the Renaissance period. Some of the designs are based directly on work done by young needlewomen of the period, when the sampler had become the established form of recording and showing off stitching skills. Other work is taken from contemporary architecural embellishments, rich dress fabrics and graphic tile designs. The projects presented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304346942
• ISBN13: 9780304346943
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Cassell
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 10.9"