Blackwork
Gostelow, Mary
Dover, Mineola, 1976
ISBN# 0-486-40178-2
Wonderful overview of blackwork and how it was used on costume. Space is spent on how blackwork was portrayed by painters during the 16th C which is very helpful in learning what makes a piece look authentic. One of the few books which discusses curvilinear blackwork and pictorial blackwork. SB
Intermediate