Design Sources For Symbolism
Messent, Jan
Redwood Books, Wilts UK, 1996
ISBN# 1 874080 96 8
Good book for understanding the symbolism behind the designs. SB
Intermediate
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Costume on Brasses
Costume on Brasses
Herbert Druitt
Kingsmead Reprints , Bath, 1970
ISBN# 901571 431
Book is a reprint of a book originally published in 1906. Is a manual of costume as illustrated by monumental brasses with 110 illustrations. CL
Intermediate
Brass Rubbings
Brass Rubbings
Muriel Clayton
HMSO, London, 1979
ISBN# 0 11 29009888 9
Rubbings taken from brasses as early as 1277 and as late as 1585. Good book for costume. CL
Intermediate
Arabesques: Decorative Panels of the Renaissance
Arabesques: Decorative Panels of the Renaissance
Bookking International, Paris, 1995
ISBN# 9 782877 142847
Patterns of Arabesques which would have been used for all types of textiles, architecture, and other ornamentation. Such designs are seen in period modelbuchen and can be adapted to needlework. SB
Advanced
Stars, Spangles & Studs
Stars, Spangles & Studs
by Christian de Holacombe, Guild Chronicler
All that glitters is not gold — but glitter makes a magnificent show, and to royalty, nobles and wealthy people through the ages, that’s good enough. Spangles, studs, bezants, sequins, medallions, and other glittery bits of metal have decorated rich clothing for almost as long as we have surviving bits of clothing at all.Continue reading Stars, Spangles & Studs
Prick & Pounce
Prick & Pounce
Marking designs on difficult fabrics
by Christian de Holacombe
Transferring a design to light colored fabric is usually fairly easy. If the embroidery fabric is thin, it can simply be laid over a design and traced. If the fabric is stouter and less transparent, the “window trick” usually works — taping the design to a window, then taping the fabric over it. Light from the window shining through the pattern lets you see and trace the design, as shown in this 16th century woodcut.Continue reading Prick & Pounce