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The Story Of Antique Needlewor
Bridget McConnel
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Description for The Story Of Antique Needlewor
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, 468 color photos and 28 b/w photos. BIC Classification: WC; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 219 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1658.
Long taken for granted as ordinary household objects, needlework tools are enjoying a new and richly deserved interest among collectors of all ages and both genders. Covering the simple to the sumptuous, this delightful book chronicles the history and diversity of needlework tools dating from ancient Egypt through the twentieth century. Nearly 500 color and black/white photographs beautifully illustrate tools such as needles, bodkins, pin cushions, thimbles, bobbins, clamps, hooks, shuttles, measuring tapes, waxers, winders, and more. In addition to the tools themselves, you will find the boxes and containers used to hold them--from slender needle cases and knitting sheaths ... Read more
Long taken for granted as ordinary household objects, needlework tools are enjoying a new and richly deserved interest among collectors of all ages and both genders. Covering the simple to the sumptuous, this delightful book chronicles the history and diversity of needlework tools dating from ancient Egypt through the twentieth century. Nearly 500 color and black/white photographs beautifully illustrate tools such as needles, bodkins, pin cushions, thimbles, bobbins, clamps, hooks, shuttles, measuring tapes, waxers, winders, and more. In addition to the tools themselves, you will find the boxes and containers used to hold them--from slender needle cases and knitting sheaths ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764307102
SKU
V9780764307102
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Ref
99-2
About Bridget McConnel
Bridget McConnel's fascination for sewing tools of all types led her, with her mother, to start the Thimble Society in 1981. This is her second book for Schiffer Publishing.
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