English embroidered bookbindings / by Cyril Davenport.

  • Cyril James Humphries Davenport
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: English embroidered bookbindings / by Cyril Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    94; 1635 ed., 92; 1639 ed., 98 ; 1641 ed., 103 ; 1643 ed., 105, 106 ; 1646 ed., 108. Purl, description of, 9, 10, 46 ; book embroidered alone with, 108. Satin bindings, 7, 8, 80-110. Schreiber, the Lady Charlotte, 83. Scriptural designs and figures of saints used on embroidered books, 5, 6 ; Abraham and Isaac, 86 ; the Annun¬ ciation, 29 ; the Crucifixion, 29; David, 86, 99 ; Jacob’s Dream, Jacob wrestling with the angel, 39, 106 ; St. Peter, 45 ; St. Paul, 45 ; Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 39- m Silk bindings, 81. South Kensington Museum, embroi¬ dered books in the, 20. Spangles, 9, 28. Stitches used on embroidered books : Buttonhole or Needlepoint lace stitch, ‘New Testament’ (1625), 87; ‘ Psalms’ (1633), 95 ; ‘ New Testa¬ ment’ (1640), 101 ; ‘Bible’ (1642), 48 ; ‘Bible’ (1648), 50. Chain stitch, ‘ Daily Exercise of a Christian’ (1623), 44. Feather stitch, sometimes called Shading stitch, ‘ Bible’ (1626), 45 ; ‘New Testament’ (1630), 90; Henshaw (1632), 90; ‘Psalms’ (1635), 92; ‘Psalms’(1641), 105; ‘Psalms’ (1643), 106. Satin stitch, ‘Psalms’ (1633), 91. Split stitch, ‘Felbrigge Psalter’ (fourteenth century), 30 ; ‘ Way to True Happiness’ (1639), 99. Tapestry or Tent stitch, 28 ; ‘ Miroir of the Synneful Soul’ (1544), 33 ; ‘Prayers’ (1545), 34; ‘Prayers’ (1581), 37; ‘Bible’ (1612), 39; Ward (1626), 41. Symbolical figures, 5, 6; Faith and Hope (1625, 1648), 42, 50; Peace and Plenty (1619, 1635), 84, 93. Thompson, Mr. H. Yates, 41. Udall’s ‘ Sermons,’ 71. Vaughan crest, on ‘ Christian Prayers, 1570,’ 59. Velvet bindings, 6, 7, 52-79. Victoria, Queen, embroidered book belonging to, 77. Wales, ostrich plumes of the Prince of, 73, 77, 86. Ward, Samuel, ‘Sermons, 1626-7,’ 41- Water-colours used on embroidered bindings, 81-84. ‘Way to True Happiness’ (1639), 99. Wheatley, Mr. H. B., 1. Wilton, Countess of, 33, 35, 64. Wren, Elizabeth, book embroidered by, 94. York, Cardinal, 19. PRINTED BY T. AND A. CONSTABLE, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, EDINBURGH: MARCH MDCCCXCIX