Needlework
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript embroidery or needle-work pattern book, presented to Leonora Vigoleno
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1431
Scope and Contents
The volume is hand-coloured. The drawings are sketched in ink outline with colour wash. The designs show borders, mostly floral but also including abstract and classical repeat patterns, together with some corner patterns and individual motifs. Quarto. Title page within floral border and with finely drawn crane motif, stitched into 18th century past-paper boards. Vaghi lavori delle donne presenta/ti alla virtuosa e nobile / Leonora Vigoleno / la qual opera dissegnata...
Dates:
1790-1800
Material relating to the Needlework Development Scheme
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2053
Content Description
This fonds consists of slides, bulletins, and printed ephemera produced by the Needlework Development Scheme to support and contribute to the advancement of embroidery in Scotland and in the UK between 1934 and 1961.
The donated material also included books published by the Needlework Development Scheme, and NDS-related publications that feature their work. These have now been transferred to Rare Books collections.
Dates:
mid-20th century