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Brooch, 20th Century -American
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20th Century -American
French Knots on Felt

Earrings - contemporary
Earrings - contemporary
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Earrings - contemporary
Hologramic fibers - paper
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Bibliography of some useful books about
costume embroidery

Bossert, Helmuth Th., Folk Art of Europe, Rizzoli, 1990.

Dean, Beryl, Embroidery in Religion and Ceremonial,   BT Batsford Limited,  1981

Hart, Avril and North, Susan, Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries, V&A Publications, 1998

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, Urban Council of Hong Kong, 1995

Houston, Mary G., Medieval Costume in England and France: The 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries, Dover, an 1996 republication of a 1939 ed.

Irwin, John, The Kashmir Shawl, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1974

Maeder, Edward, editor, An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983

Marshall, Sheila, Elizabethan Needlework Accessories, Georgeson Publishing Ltd., 1998

Nehring, Nancy, 50 Heirloom Buttons to Make, Taunton Press, 1996

O, Keefe, Linda, Shoes, Workman Publishing, 1996.

Rothstein, Natalie (Ed.), Four Hundred Years of Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984

Sayer, Chloë, Mexican Textiles, British Museum Publications Ltd., 1985

Szeto, Naomi Yin-Yin and Garrett, Valery M., Children of the Gods: Dress and Symbolism in China, Urban Council of Hong Kong, 1990



Belt - American - 20th Century   Obi - Japan - 20th Century - Linen

Belt - American - 20th Century
Wool and metallics on canvas

Obi - Japan - 20th Century - Linen


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