Handbook of Embroidery
By L. Higgin, edited by Lady Marian Alford. Published in London in 1880 by authority of the Royal School of Art-Needlework.
L. Higgin wrote this handbook for the Royal School of Art-Needlework in South Kensington, and Lady Marian Alford, the vice-president of the school, edited it. It was published in 1880 and dedicated to the school’s president, Princess Christian. It explains the needles, wools, silks and gold threads of the day, the fabrics used as grounds, the stitches worked in the hand and in the frame, and how to stretch and clean finished work.
The whole book is here, in 8 parts, with its stitch diagrams, its 22 design plates and the school’s own pages from the back of the book.
- Of Implements and Materials Used in Modern Embroidery
- Textile Fabrics Used as Grounds for Embroidery
- Stitches Used in Hand Embroidery
- Frames and Framing
- Stitches Used in Frame Embroidery
- Twenty-two designs by William Morris, Walter Crane, Edward Burne-Jones, Gertrude Jekyll and others
- The Royal School of Art-Needlework in 1880: lessons, prices and agents
HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY, BY L. HIGGIN, EDITED BY LADY MARIAN ALFORD, 1880
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- Preface
- Chapter I: Of Implements and Materials Used in Modern Embroidery
- Chapter II: Textile Fabrics Used as Grounds for Embroidery
- Chapter III: Stitches Used in Hand Embroidery
- Chapter IV: Frames and Framing
- Chapter V: Stitches Used in Frame Embroidery
- Description of the Plates
- The Royal School of Art-Needlework in 1880