A French-language edition of Th. de Dillmont's pattern album of counted-thread (cross-stitch) alphabets, numerals, monograms and ornamental motifs, published for the D·M·C embroidery thread brand. Most of the book is numbered colour plates (Planches) of charted letters, borders, corners and figural motifs in red and blue, followed by plates of monograms with tracing patterns (calques) for white embroidery. The final pages are a catalogue of other Bibliothèque D·M·C titles, covering filet, macramé, Irish lace, crochet, knitting, Colbert, Yugoslav, Turkish, Norwegian and Coptic embroidery, bobbin and needle lace, and tatting.