Home Needlework Magazine: A Quarterly Periodical Devoted to Art Needlework, Crochet, Knitting, and Home Decoration (Volume II; Number 1; January, 1900)

Published by The Florence Publishing Company, Florence, MA, 1900

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Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the corners and edges; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with red lettering. 98 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "Embroidery, like all arts and sciences, has passed through a long process of evolution. Its beginnings, however, are so far off, so lost in the past, that we seldom think of it in its crudity. In its first stages all forms wrought on fabrics were perfectly flat, and no attempt at perspective was made. Indeed, perspective was one of the latest developments of art; and previous to the period painting became almost a breathing delineation of what the artist saw, - previous to the most advanced development, - the designer put one thing above another when he meant to say that they were back of each other, and the observer could make it right in his own mind to suit himself." --- from "Shading as the Embroiderer Should Understand It.".…

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Title
Home Needlework Magazine: A Quarterly Periodical Devoted to Art Needlework, Crochet, Knitting, and Home Decoration (Volume II; Number 1; January, 1900)
Author
Wilson, Mrs. L. Barton; Haywood, Mrs. Emma; Hooper, Miss Emma M.; Esdaile, Miss Alics; Wandle, Mrs. Jennie T. (editors)
Publisher
The Florence Publishing Company, Florence, MA
Publication year
1900
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Item weight
7 ounces
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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