Author : Elsa E. Guðjónsson
Release : 2003
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
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Traditional Icelandic Embroidery - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Traditional Icelandic Embroidery write by Elsa E. Guðjónsson. This book was released on 2003. Traditional Icelandic Embroidery available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Traditional Icelandic Embroidery has been out of print for almost a decade and is now available in revised edition. The main text contains a survey of the history of Icelandic traditional embroidery from the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century, emphasizing extant embroideries preserved in the National Museum of Iceland in Reykjavik. Included are fifty-four photographs in full color of embroideries and twenty-four pages of original patterns, all in the National Museum of Iceland, and an extensive updated bibliography of relevant books and articles. Also included are eight pages with stitch diagrams and descriptions of how to work the various techniques used in the embroideries, and twenty-four plates of traditional Icelandic squared embroidery designs.