Animal Embroideries and Patterns: From 19th Century Vienna

Serena, Raffaella

In this book the world of animals is illustrated in embroideries chosen from the outstanding Nowotny Collection in Vienna. These original patterns portray, in beautiful colours, a variety of embroidered pictures including dogs, cats and domestic animals, as well a wild beasts, hunting scenes and exotic birds. In addition to the outstanding colour photographs, new black and white patterns are included, based on the originals, which will enable today's embroiderers to reproduce these historic designs.

EAN

9781851494019

Publisher

ACC Art Books

Published

1 January 1999

Pages

240