Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions on Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, poonah painting & tatting ; with numerous illustrations and coloured designs.
Alternate Title(s):
Complete guide to the work-table
Edition:
Ninth edition
Published / Created:
London : E. Harrison, [1892]
Physical Description:
iv, 136 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts TT750 .Y68 1892Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Originally issued as supplements to The Young Ladies' Journal entitled "Complete guide to the work-table."With index.With four inserted chromolithographed "colour supplement" illustrations.Edition statement from cover.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind- and gold-stamped brown cloth. With four pages of commercial advertisements bound in before and after text.
Contents:
Embroidery : also full directions for silk, crewel, and arrasene work -- Crochet : full directions for plain and fancy crochet, tricot, hairpin-work, etc. -- Guipure netting : full directions for guipure netting -- Knitting : full directions for plain and fancy knitting -- Point lace -- Instructions in Poonah painting on velvet, silk, card, paper, or wood -- Knotting or macramé -- Tatting -- Drawn thread work, &c. -- Berlin work -- Fancy netting.
Subject Terms:
Embroidery. | Knitting. | Crocheting. | Netting. | Painting. | Macramé. | Tatting. | Lace and lace making. | Needlework -- Study and teaching. | Needlework -- Patterns. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.