[TEXTILES] A PAGEANT OF PATTERN FOR NEEDLEPOINT CANVAS

New York: Atheneum, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan and cream colored cloth covered boards, embossed title. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 509 pages. 29 x 21.5 cm. This is an intensive and unique study of the needlepoints canvas' geometric design and texture. From Babylon to nineteenth-century America, Maggie Lane (illustrator) uses large diagrams taken from medieval mosaics, illuminated manuscripts, Islamic textiles, carpets, Venetian lace, etc. to show the stitch construction. Also included are illustrations, 150 photographs of historical sources, and 25 full-color photographs of in-process and completed works of needlepoint. Interior and boards crisp and clean. Dust wrapper rubbed at the edges. Covered in protective mylar. Large format book, extra shipping may be added.