Embroidery -- History
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Needlework as Art (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886), by Marian Alford
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Filed under: Embroidery- Embroidery and Lace: Their Manufacture and History from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Day (London: H. Grevel and Co., 1888), by Ernest Lefébure, ed. by Alan S. Cole
- Handbook of Embroidery (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1880), by L. Higgin, ed. by Marian Alford (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Decorative Stitches and Trimmings: Embroidery and Decorative Stitches; Ribbon and Fabric Trimmings; Dress Decoration and Ornament (Scranton, PA: Woman's institute of domestic arts and sciences, c1934), by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)
- Decorative Needlework (London: J. Hughes and Co., 1893), by May Morris
- How to Know Laces, With a Postscript on Embroideries (1925), by Edna H. Roberts (PDF at Arizona)
- The Ladies' Complete Guide to Needle-Work and Embroidery (with Gaugain and Gore's supplement to the Hand-Book of Needlework; Philadelphuia: T. B. Peterson and Bros., 1859), by Miss Lambert, contrib. by Mrs. Gaugain and J. B. Gore (page images at HathiTrust)
- Catalogue of New York State Loan Exhibit of Embroideries, Miniatures, Watches, Snuff-Boxes, Fans and Laces (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, ca. 1893), by Ill.) World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago (PDF at OCLC)
- The Lace and Embroidery Collector: A Guide to Collectors of Old Lace and Embroidery (1922), by Mrs R. E. Head
- Our Mothers' Work: A Selection of Bohemian National Embroidery from Náprstek's Bohemian Industrial Museum (in English, French, and Czech; ca. 1898), contrib. by Jan Koula (page images at HathiTrust)
- Broderies (Arts Marocains v1, in French; Algiers: J. Carbonel, 1918), by Prosper Ricard
- American Lace and Lace-Makers (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924), by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel
- Hans Hofer's Formbüchlein, Augsburg, 1545 (Zwickauer Facsimiledrucke #23, in German; Zwickau: F. Ullmann, 1913), by Hans Hofer, contrib. by Otto Clemen
- Home Needlework Magazine (partial serial archives)
- The Modern Priscilla (partial serial archives)
- The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club (partial serial archives)
- Wallachian Embroidery (Boston: Priscilla Pub. Co., c1908), by Priscilla Publishing Co.
- Church Embroidery and Church Vestments, Profusely Illustrated: A Complete and Practical Guide to This Fascinating Art (Chevy Chase, MD: Cathedral Studios, c1939), by Lucy Vaughan Hayden Mackrille (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Conservation of Tapestries and Embroideries (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1989) (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- Creators of Decorative Styles: Being a Survey of The Decorative Periods in England From 1600 To 1800, With Special Reference to the Masters of Applied Art Who Developed the Dominant Styles (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1917), by Walter A. Dyer
- Historical Color Guide: Primitive to Modern Times (New York: W. Helburn, c1938), by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hans Hofer's Formbüchlein, Augsburg, 1545 (Zwickauer Facsimiledrucke #23, in German; Zwickau: F. Ullmann, 1913), by Hans Hofer, contrib. by Otto Clemen
- Bronzes (London: Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, ca. 1877), by C. Drury E. Fortnum (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Antique Furniture (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915), by Fred. W. Burgess
- Furniture (New York: Duffield and Co., 1911), by Esther Singleton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Historic Styles in Furniture (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1916), by Virginia Robie (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time (1893), by Frederick Litchfield (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Craftsman Homes (New York: Craftsman Publishing Company, 1909), by Gustav Stickley (page images at Wisconsin)
- Roman Workbenches (Fort Mitchell, KY: Lost Art Press, c2017), by Christopher Schwarz, illust. by Nicholas Moegly (PDF with commentary at lostartpress.com)
- Making Furniture in Preindustrial America: The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut (originally published 1996; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Edward S. Cooke (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Making Furniture in Preindustrial America: The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut (originally published 1996; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Edward S. Cooke (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Making Furniture in Preindustrial America: The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut (originally published 1996; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Edward S. Cooke (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Making Furniture in Preindustrial America: The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut (originally published 1996; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Edward S. Cooke (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Creators of Decorative Styles: Being a Survey of The Decorative Periods in England From 1600 To 1800, With Special Reference to the Masters of Applied Art Who Developed the Dominant Styles (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1917), by Walter A. Dyer
- English Furniture and Furniture Makers of the 18th century (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1906), by R. S. Clouston
- English Furniture Designers of the Eighteenth Century (London: A. H. Bullen, 1905), by Constance Simon (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork (South Kensington Museum Art Handbook #3; London: Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, ca. 1875), by John Hungerford Pollen (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork ("volume I" only volume published of this revised edition; London: Printed for HMSO by Wyman and Sons, 1908), by John Hungerford Pollen and T. A. Lehfeldt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, c2006), by Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton, contrib. by Mimi Hellman (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Honoré Lannuier, Cabinetmaker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998), by Peter M. Kenny, contrib. by Ulrich Leben and Frances F. Bretter (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005), by Morrison H. Heckscher, contrib. by Lori Zabar (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971), by Morrison H. Heckscher (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- 19th-Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970), ed. by Berry B. Tracy, contrib. by Marilynn Johnson, Marvin D Schwartz, and Suzanne Boorsch (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971), by Morrison H. Heckscher (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Die Antiken Gemmen, Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum (3 volumes, n German; Leipzig: Giesecke und Devrient, 1900), by Adolf Furtwängler
- The History of Stained Glass, From the Earliest Period of the Art to The Present Time (London: The author, 1848), by William Warrington
- Fine Books (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; London: Methuen and Co., 1912), by Alfred W. Pollard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Apuntes para la Historia de la Caricatura (in Spanish; 1877), by Jacinto Octavio Picón (page images at HathiTrust)
- A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art (London: Chatto and Windus, 1875), by Thomas Wright, illust. by F. W. Fairholt
- The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1904), by Arthur Bartlett Maurice and Frederic Taber Cooper (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature (London: Grant Richards, 1904), by Arthur Bartlett Maurice and Frederic Taber Cooper (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
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