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Wilson, Erica. MORE NEEDLEPLAY. [Based On The Television Series "Erica"]. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1979]
Off-white linen cloth-covered boards, metallic blue lettering and metallic blue ink spine panel, blind-embossed decoration on front board (hardcover binding). Illustrated with patterns, line drawings of the patterns and stitches, and full-color and black & white photographs of the completed projects. Index of stitches. CONDITION: Owner's small rectangular address label on front pastedown endpaper, 1/4" closed tear at upper left-hand corner of spine panel of dust jacket, else Near Fine book in Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Bookplate signed/autographed by Erica Wilson at lower right-hand corner of flyleaf. "When NEEDLEPLAY, Erica Wilson's first book based on her popular television series, was published, readers and reviewers alike cried, "More!" And here it is. MORE NEEDLEPLAY is Erica at her best, brimming over with new ideas that feature bold designs, striking color combinations, and quick execution. MORE NEEDLEPLAY gives full instructions for making articles ranging from a Nantucket harpooner's shirt and English smocks to a set of Revolutionary chessmen featuring George III and Queen Charlotte opposing George and Martha Washington and, for pawns, British soldiers in scarlet and Continentals in blue. The striking designs in the book are derived from Chinese robes, Indian baskets, medieval tapestries, Meissen china, and old herbals, to mention just a few. Techniques include such innovations as quiltpoint, plaidpoint, mock weaving, three-dimensional patchwork...Ever-inventive, Erica Wilson proves once more that needlework should always be needleplay." ISBN 0-684-16073-0.. First edition. Oblong 8vo (9 3/4" x 9 1/4"). 192 pages.

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EISLER, RIANE. The Chalice And The Blade: Our History, Our Future. Harper & Row, San Francisco: 1989. ISBN: 0062502891

262 pages. Weaving together evidence from art, archaeology, religion, social science, history, and many other fields of inquiry into new patterns that more accurately fit the best available data, this book tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that was and the "war of the sexes" are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. And it provides verification that a better future is possible - and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting drama of what actually happened in our past. Includes an Index. Softcover. Very good reading copy.

[SW: (Key Words: Women, Goddesses, Patriarchs, Sex Roles, Social Evolution, Past, Present, Future, Reality, Partnerships, Bible).]

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Byrne, J.S. ; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Renaissance Ornament Prints and Drawings. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, first edition, 1981.
Published in connection with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 11, 1981 to February 14, 1982. From the blurb: "By the sixteenth century designs for ornament were increasingly executed on paper as drawings or, more often, as prints. The designs in Renaissance Ornament Prints and Drawings provide a rich record of the sources of the period's ornament vocabulary, and, beyond this, a consideration of a number of documented examples of a single motif [that] can reveal much to the art historian or interested casual viewer about the evolution of style. Some Renaissance ornament designs display motifs - many derived from Roman painting, sculpture, and architecture - that could be adapted for use in a variety of materials and spaces; other works show specific objects, whether copied or newly designed. During the Renaissance, it was common for designers to lend sketchbooks of their drawings to friends and students, and in this way ornament ideas traveled rapidly across Europe . Renaissance drawings appeared not only in sketchbooks, but also in deluxe presentations for patrons, such as the volumes of highly finished designs created by such a talented artist as Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau. At its best, Renaissance ornament design is a fresh, inventive drawing that solves old problems: with distinction, but many interesting examples of sixteenth-century ornament design are the works of artisans who, though skilled as craftsmen, were not draughtsmen. Ornament prints are even more numerous than ornament drawings. These prints, produced in response to the development of papermaking and printmaking techniques from the late fifteenth century onward, frequently served as patterns for artisans catering to the new merchant class. The rarest prints are those meant to be decorations themselves - few have survived because they were intended to be cut apart and pasted on walls, ceilings, boxes, books, musical instruments, and furniture. Patterns, too, were often destroyed by use. Beginning in the 1520s, pattern books of all sorts were published, offering designs for lettering, writing, and bookbinding; lace, embroidery, weaving, and tailoring; furniture, woodcarving, stonecutting, and ironwork; architectural framework and ornament; armor, goldsmithing, and jewelry; and vessels and utensils of every description. Allowed a good deal of freedom, Renaissance ornament designs frequently incorporated erotic images and emblems. Their splendid array of ornament motifs also includes satyrs, mermaids, and monsters, children, leaves, grotesques, masks, caryatids, cartouches, candelabra, trophies, and heads. The eclectic selection of designs in this volume reflects the richness of Renaissance life, fashion, and artistic crosscurrents. Janet S. Byrne, Curator in the Department of Prints and Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, has written an enlightening introduction and detailed commentaries for items including works by Daniel Hopfer, Cornells Floris, Jan Vredeman de Vries, Paul Flindt, Enea Vico, Peter Flötner, Master f, Albrecht Dürer, and Andrea Mantegna."

Cloth, 4to, 27 cm, 143 pp, 195 ills. Very Good in slightly torn dustwrapper. 0870992880

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Needlecraft Better Homes & Gardens: Stitchery and Crafts, A Complete Guide to the Most Rewarding Stitchery and Craft Projects for the Whole Family, Meredith Press, NY, 1966 ; 1. Ed.
Condition: Nr Fine. Book Size Folio.

Stitchery: Unusual stitchery techniques for: felt rugs, hooking, quilting, knitting, crocheting, applique, weaving, crewel and teneriffe, and embroidery. Crafts: collage; paper crafts; felt trims; origami; crayon crafts; plaques; metal; mosaic; painting on cement; plastics in oven; nature crafts; rope tricks; stenciling; silk screening; ideas for modeling; paining; working with wood; and crafts for use in the home. Bazaar Best Sellers: Hot dish holders; pillows, desk accessories; beanbags; toy animals; gifts for children; and much more. Detailed directions, complete charted or graphed patterns, fully illustrated with drawings and color photographs. 168 Pgs. Description text copyright 2007 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 13143.; 1st Ed

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