The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 1, No. 3 (December 1917)
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Issue of the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, December 1917, a New York club for lace, embroidery and weaving. It contains articles on church embroidery, embroidery and Coptic weaving in ancient Egypt, and three kinds of American hand-weaving (overshot, Summer and Winter, double cloth) by Ella Mary Shinn. Other items include a London Times reprint on Chinese weaves of the second century A.D., notes on Navajo weaving, club notes on lace collections and a weaving industry, a list of club weaving pattern names, a members list, a bibliography on lace, and period advertisements. Illustrations show vestments, Coptic and Hellenistic textiles, coverlet samples, laces and a petit-point pattern chart. No weaving drafts are included.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- December 1917
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 48
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