Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework book

Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework book

Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework by Gertrude Whiting

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Author: Gertrude Whiting
Number of Pages: 357 pages
Published Date: 30 Nov 2011
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780486225173
File size: 29 Mb
Download Link: Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework
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It was quite fashionable among the ladies ofMarie Antoinette's court to employ stilettos and punches for "parfilage. "They unpicked the gold and silver threads from the richly embroideredmaterial of their gowns and cloaks. A set of bone bobbins was found in England with the Lord's Prayer spirally incised phrase by phrase along each bobbin's length. A clever French inventor designed a pair of scissors with eighteen different uses screwdriver, nail file, cigar cutter, ruler, lid pryer, buttonholder adjuster to name just a few. These and many other artifacts and instruments of sewing, weaving, and spinning are considered from a historical, cultural, and antique collecting point of of view. Gertrude Whiting, Honorary Fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fellow of the Institute Professional Neuchatelois de Dentelles, describes and illustrates nearly all the paraphernalia, accoutrements, appliances, accessories, and doodads associated with all yarn and thread handicrafts from knitting, embroidery, and dressmaking to warpweaving, batik making, and lace making. Examples of winders, scissors, thimbles, measures, knitting needles, crochet hooks, bodkins, punches, sewing needles, pins, pincushions, hoops, frames, bobbins, shuttles, spinning wheels, and sewing machines are taken from such widely scattered cultures as Java, ancient Egypt, Victorian England, and pre-revolutionary Russia. For each artifact, the author gives a history of its invention, an etymology, its age, lore, use, and a variety of literary and artistic sources in which it is mentioned or depicted. This unique work is extremely rich in illustrations, including many photographs of objects from private collections. It will certainly awaken those who take these tools for granted to a new world of possibilities and will spur those who collect them on to new endeavors."

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