Messent, Jan

Designing for Needlepoint and Embroidery from Ancient and Primitive Sources

Macmillan, 1976. First American edition. Book. Oversized hardcover. 127 pp.Profusely illusytrated with color photographs and black and white drawings. A guide to needlepoint enthusiasts that covers a wide range of previously untapped design sources from the Stons and Bronze Ages through the arts of ancient Greece, Byzantium, Celts, Aztects, Indians and modern Africana nd South American cultures. Desighns are adapted from textiles, ceramics, coins, glass and jewelry. A generally fine copy, few small spots on the front free endpaper. In fine dust jacket. fine / fine. Item #E6663
ISBN: 9780025844315

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