Double issue (Vol. 62, Nos. 1 & 2, 1979) of the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club. The main article, by M.G.A. Schipper-Van Lottum, traces the sewing-cushion and work-basket in Dutch and European art from the 14th to the 20th century, drawing on paintings by Ter Borch and others, engravings, surviving cushions, doll's house miniatures, and a patternbook title page of 1604, with a postscript on the 'Steinkissen' and 'plomb'. Eleanor B. Sachs's second article gives further notes on the figural motifs (an Alexander's Journey or ascension figure and a mermaid) on the gold brow band of a twelfth-century bishop's mitre in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, comparing Coptic, Byzantine and Romanesque parallels. The issue also has book notes on tapestry catalogues, Chinese folk embroidery and American women's needlework, plus club notes and a list of officers.

Type

Periodical

Date

1979

Language

English

Pages

77