1. Add MS 43459
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 43459
- Title:
- PATTERN-BOOK FOR EMBROIDERY OR LACE, probably used for the making of children's samplers. The designs, which are represented by dots on squared paper, are mainly geometrical, but include alphabets (ff. 8, 9), numerals (f. 8), crowns (f. 11), a recumbent stag (f. 26), and flowers (ff. 28, 29). A pen-and-ink wash drawing of a flower appears on f. 8b. Paper; ff. 48 (some leaves cut out). Octavo. Early XVIII cent. Leather binding with title 'Virk book' on the spine. Probably originally owned by ...
- Scope & Content:
- Art. Miscellaneous: Pattern-book for embroidery or lace: early 18th cent.: (?) Swedish. includes: ff. 2-7, 44 b-48 Anne West, (?)of Cork: Verse, etc., by: circ. 1822-1827.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Swedish
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item