The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 53, Nos. 1 & 2 (1970)
Double issue (Vol. 53, Nos. 1 & 2) of the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club containing three illustrated articles on Indian and Indo-European textiles. John Irwin and Babette Hanish report field research at Bhuj, Kutch, on the ari hook used for chain-stitch embroidery by Mochi embroiderers, with historical references and a diagram comparing hook and needle stitch structure. Rosalia Bonito Fanelli analyzes an Indo-Portuguese chain-stitch embroidered hanging in the Bargello, Florence, covering its iconography, design layout and comparison with related coverlets and inlaid ivory work. Ebeltje Jonxis discusses Coromandel coast painted chintzes made for the European market, with the Dutch and English East India company trade background. The issue ends with a bibliography, book notes, author notes, club notes and a list of officers.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- 1970
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 64