Reference Books From The Library of Harrison Scheak Online Auction

October 04, 2012

LOT 30

Lot 30

Fourteen Volumes on Needlework

Fourteen Volumes on Needlework
Lot 30 Details
Fourteen Volumes on Needlework

Stafford, Carleton L. and Bishop, Robert.
AMERICA’S QUILTS AND COVERLETS.
New York; Weathervane Books, 1974.
Synge, Lanto.
ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK.
Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1982.
Swan, Susan Burrows.
PLAIN & FANCY: AMERICAN WOMEN AND THEIR NEEDLEWORK, 1700-1850.
New York: A Rutledge Book/ Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
Colby, Averil.
SAMPLERS: YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1964.
Gostelow, Mary.
A WORLD OF EMBROIDERY.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1975.
Swain, Margaret H.
HISTORICAL NEEDLEWORK: A STUDY OF INFLUENCE IN SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN ENGLAND.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1970.
Clabburn, Pamela.
THE NEEDLEWORKER’S DICTIONARY.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976.
Lane, Rose WIlder.
WOMEN’S DAY: BOOK OF AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963.
Sebba, Anne.
SAMPLERS: FIVE CENTURIES OF A GENTLE CRAFT.
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1979.
Schiffer, Margaret B.
HISTORICAL NEEDLEWORK OF PENNSYLVANIA.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1968.
Digby, George Wingfield.
ELIZABETHAN EMBROIDERY.
London: Faber and Faber, 1963.
Robertson, Elizabeth Wells.
AMERICAN QUILTS.
New York: The Studio Publications Inc., 1948.
Jones, Mary Eirwen.
BRITISH SAMPLERS.
Oxford: Pen-in-Hand Publishing C., Ltd., 1948.
Morris, Barbara.
VICTORIAN EMBROIDERY.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1962.

Estimate $50-$100

Realised: $444
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