Bibliography of some useful books about
19th Century needlework
Audsley, W. and G., Designs and Patterns From Historic Ornament, Dover,
1968
Caulfield, S.F.A. and Saward, B.C., Dictionary
of Needlework,
Blaketon Hall Ltd, 1989 reprint
of 1885 ed.
Clabburn, Pamela, Needleworker's Dictionary, William Morrow
& Co., 1976
Warner, Pamela, Embroidery, A History,
Batsford, 1991
Jones, Mary Eirwen, History of Western
Embroidery, Studio Vista,
1969
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, des Dorelotiers
Passementiers, Union Centrale des
Arts Decoratifs, 1973
Nehring, Nancy, 50 Heirloom Buttons
to Make, Taunton Press, 1996
Parker, Freda, Victorian Embroidery,
Crescent Books, 1990
Skinner, Linn R., Alphabets from
Old Pattern Books, self-published,
1998.
Staniland, Kay and Santina M. Levey, Queen Victoria's Wedding Dress and Lace,
reprinted from Costume
(17:1983) by the Friends of Fashion of the Museum of London.
Swift, Gay, Larouse Encyclopedia
of Embroidery Techniques, Larousse
& Co., 1984
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RAISED WORK (Mouse in Field of Strawberries)
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 In
the 19th century, Raised Work tended to mean plush stitch executed on canvas.
The stitched flowers or animals (such as our little mousie) were then sculpted
by trimming the upstanding fibers
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