BLACK WORK

(pub. 1980; 1st ed.)

UK softcover booklet: BLACK WORK: An account of Elizabethan Black Work and of its Revival by 20th century Embroiderers, by Joan Edwards. No. 2 in a series of booklets by Joan Edwards on the history of embroidery. Published by Bayford Books, 1980; 1st edition. Measures approx. -- x -- ins. (-- x -- mm.). 16 pages; b&w illustrations and diagrams.

Condition is near fine (minimal wear).

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An illustrated guide to 'Black Work' - of all the methods of embroidery black work is probably the most refined and distinguished. It is the embroiderer's art at one of its greatest moments, when a nice balance has been struck between pattern and technique, and miracles of invention are performed with a single strand of black silk, brightened occasionally with touches of gold and a scattering of spangles.