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A Picture Book of Flowers in English Embroidery
Victoria and Albert Museum
HMSO, London, 1932
Wonderful small booklet of embroidered flowers. Contains about half
a dozen slips, that while not in color show great detail and contain
decent descriptions. Useful for the serious researcher. SB
Intermediate
Crewel Embroidery
Wilson, Erica
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1962
Easily available in second hand shops, this book provides clear easy
stitch diagrams and clear easy steps for taking pattern to material.
SB
Beginner
Crewel Embroidery in England
Edwards, Joan
William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, 1975
ISBN# 0-688-02919-1
A quick overview of embroidery in England and the keys people who affected
changes through history. Good pictures and clear line drawings. Unfortunately,
all the information in this book is from terciary sources, so while
interesting, better information is available with a little effort. SB
Intermediate
Elizabethan Needlework
Marshall, Sheila
Georgeson Publishing Ltd., New Zealand, 1998
ISBN# 0 473 04977-5
2nd in the Elizabethan Needlework Series. Excellent interpretation of
Elizabethan Needlework. Contains additional stitches, designs, and diagrams.
SB
Intermediate
Exploring Elizabethn Embroidery
Clarke, Dorothy
Georgeson Publishing Limited, New Zealand, 1987
ISBN# 0 473 03634 7
Excellent interpretation of Elizabethan embroidery and designs. Clear
instructions and diagrams. Note that this interpretation has a distinctly
Australian embroidery bent. SB
Intermediate
Festive Elizabethan Creations
Holdaway, Shirley
Georgeson Publishing Ltd., New Zealand, 1998
ISBN# 0 473 05277 6
3rd in the Elizabethan Needlework Series. Further excellent designs
and stitch descriptions. This book includes the use of threads and some
techniques which are only Elizabethan in style. SB
Advanced
Flowers in English Embroidery
Victoria and Albert Museum
HMSO, London, 1963 & 1983
Wonderful small booklet of embroidered flowers. Contains about half
a dozen slips, that while not in color show great detail and contain
decent descriptions. Useful for the serious researcher. SB
Intermediate
Jacobean Embroidery: Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor
Fitzwilliam, Ada Wentworth & A. F. Morris Hands
B.T. Batsford, London, 1928, 1990
ISBN# 0 7134 6376 7
Drawings show typical Jacobean designs, including how the stitches are
used. Most of the designs are identified as to source. SB
Intermediate
Laid Fillings for Evenweave Fabrics
Taggart, Jean
Brockton Publishing, Brockton MA, 1998
ISBN# 0-9638758-6-8
Contains 125 stitch diagrams in increasing complexity, starting with
simple couching. AJ
Beginner
New Designs in Raised Embroidery
Hirst, Barbara and Roy
Merehurst Ltd., London, 1999
ISBN# 1-85391-578-5
Excellent book on technique for Stumpwork (17th C). I like this book
for its clear descriptions of how to do figures and the details of clothing.
SB
Advanced
Stumpwork Embroidery: A Collection of Fruits, Flowers, and Insects, for Contemporary Raised Embroidery
Nicholas, Jane
Sally Milner Publishing, Bowral, Australia, 1995
ISBN# 1 86351 183 0
Her projects have their historical antecedents which she sometimes shows.
Her execution is modern for the most part. SB
Advanced
Stumpwork Embroidery: Designs and Projects
Nicholas, Jane
Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd, Bowral, Australia, 1998
ISBN# 1-86351-208-4
This is a great book to learn how to do Stumpwork (17th C.). Her basic
techniques are the solid with very clear descriptions. The embroidery
stitches used may differ from historical work and the projects are Òperiod-esqueÓ,
but she does describe what was done in fair detail. SB
Advanced
Stumpwork: Historical & Contemporary Raised Embroidery
Best, Muriel
B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, 1987
ISBN# 0-7134-5572-1
This book contains wonderful pictures and description of historical
work - stitches, colors, threads, etc. If you are going to create a
stumpwork piece, this is the book to get for creating your design. SB
Advanced
The Art of Elizabethan Embroidery: The Stitches and Variations Used in Colored Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery -- England, 1558-1625
Zimmerman, Jane D.
self, Richmond CA, 1999
ISBN# 0-9646219-4-0
Excellent descriptions of numberous stitches used in Elizabethan embroidery.
This pamphlet was originally the course book for a project so suggested
materials are not specified. SB
Advanced
The Bayeux Tapestry
Wilson, David. M
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985
ISBN# 0-394-54793-4
This is the definitive work about the Bayeux Tapestry. Color photo size
is 50% of the original work. Many close-ups. CL
Intermediate
The Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers' Story
Messent, Jan
Madeira Threads Ltd., London, 1999
ISBN# 0-951-634852
Wonderful book done in the Bayeux style. Explains the history, design,
stitching, fabric, threads, and each panel. Both interesting to read
and to use as a how to for stitching and design. SB
Beginner
The Bayeux Tapestry: Monument to a Norman Triumph
Grape, Wolfgang
Prestel, Munich,
ISBN# 3-7913-1365-7
Great book for understanding the historic and socialogical context of
the tapestry in addition to the design and construction. The pictures
are sufficiently detailed to see each stitch of the original. SB
Intermediate
The St. Martin Embroideries: A Fifteenth Century Series Illustrating the Life and Legend of St. Martin of Tours
Freeman, Margaret B.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1968
Freeman was the curator at the Cloisters in NYC. She looks at the pieces
from a number of different perspectives including design, techniques,
and materials used. Of interest primarily for the researcher and designer.
SB
Advanced
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