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¶ Cole — Arts of tapestry making and embroidery (1886)

May 25, 2016

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Cole, Alan S. Cantor lectures on the arts of tapestry making and embroidery, delivered before the Society [Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce], April 5th, 12th and 19th, 1886. London: W. Trounce, 1886.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett (?). — Sotheby 1898 (?). — Tregaskis catalogue, 2 April 1900, no. 486 (2s. 6d.). — Unlocated.

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¶ Cocheris — Patrons de broderie (1872)

May 28, 2015

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Cocheris, Hippolyte. Patrons de broderie et de lingerie du XVIe siècle. Paris: Librairie de L’Écho de la Sorbonne, 1872.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris (?). — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale 1, lot 31 (part; sold for £1 1s.). — Unlocated.

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¶ Lefébure — Embroidery and lace (1888)

May 13, 2014

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Lefébure, Ernest. Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors, and general readers. Trans. Alan S. Cole. London: H. Grevel, 1888.

“With one hundred and fifty-six woodcuts.”

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 621 (part; sold to Tregaskis for £4 4s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 129.

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¶ Cole — Catalogue of the collections of tapestry and embroidery (1888)

May 9, 2014

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Cole, Alan S. A descriptive catalogue of the collections of tapestry and embroidery in the South Kensington Museum. London: printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and sold at the South Kensington Museum, 1888.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1014 (part; sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 777.

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¶ Barber — Some drawings of ancient embroidery (1880)

March 28, 2014

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Barber, Mary. Some drawings of ancient embroidery: thirty specimens. Ed. William Butterfield. London: Henry Sotheran, 1880.

Chromolithographic plates.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 157 (sold to Sotheran for £1 14s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 102.


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