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    Victorian Alphabets, Monograms and Names for Needleworkers: from Godey's Lady's Book
    Victorian Alphabets, Monograms and Names for Needleworkers: from Godey's Lady's Book
    Victorian Alphabets, Monograms and Names for Needleworkers: from Godey's Lady's Book
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    Victorian Alphabets, Monograms and Names for Needleworkers: from Godey's Lady's Book

    By Godey’s Lady’s Book and Rita Weiss

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    The Victorian woman put initials on nearly every piece of linen and clothing she owned — everything from handkerchiefs and blouses to tablecloths, napkins, and towels. The modern needleworker may not be quite so avid about initialing everything, but initials and monograms are still attractive and popular ways of decorating common items.
    This book brings you a large selection of alphabets, initials, monograms, and common names from Godey's Lady's Book and Peterson's Magazine, the most popular American women's magazines of the Victorian era. Each is available in a variety of letter forms, so that you may find the most suitable for your sewing needs: scripts, floral, geometric, Old English, block, ornamental, and many more. Although eminently usable for embroidery, there are also a number of alphabets for crochet and needlepoint. You will find these motifs of the highest quality — both easy to use and productive of professional-looking results.
    For traditional embroidery and sewing needs, these alphabets, monograms, and names are ideal but you will also find them applicable to a number of modern uses: for decorating blue jeans and hats, for patches, and even a variety of non-sewing needs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJan 23, 2013
    ISBN9780486156309
    Victorian Alphabets, Monograms and Names for Needleworkers: from Godey's Lady's Book

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    Victorian Alphabets, Monograms and Names for Needleworkers - Godey’s Lady’s Book

    DOVER PICTORIAL ARCHIVE SERIES

    HERALDIC DESIGN: ITS ORIGINS, ANCIENT FORMS AND MODERN USAGE, Hubert Allcock. (0-486-42975-X)

    VICTORIAN PATTERNS AND DESIGNS IN FULL COLOR, G.A. and M.A. Audsley. (0-486-25756-8)

    PLANTS AND FLOWERS: 1,761 ILLUSTRATIONS FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, Alan E. Bessette and William K. Chapman (eds.). (0-486-26957-4)

    ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS FROM ARCHITECTURAL SHEET METAL: THE COMPLETE BROSCHART & BRAUN CATALOG, CA. 1900, Jacob Broschart & Wm. A. Braun. (0-486-27039-4)

    A GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE ORNAMENT AND DESIGN, Thomas W. Cutler. (0-486-42976-8)

    TREASURY OF CHINESE DESIGN MOTIFS, Joseph D’Addetta. (0-486-24167-X)

    PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORIC ORNAMENT 100 PLATES, H. Dolmetsch. (0-486-42834-6)

    CHINESE LATTICE DESIGNS, Daniel Sheets Dye. (0-486-23096-1)

    DESIGNS FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICO, Jorge Enciso. (0-486-22794-4)

    DECORATIVE FRAMES AND BORDERS, Edmund V. Gillon, Jr. (ed.). (0-486-22928-9)

    ART NOUVEAU FRAMES AND BORDERS, Carol Belanger Grafton. (0-486-24513-6)

    BANNERS, RIBBONS AND SCROLLS, Carol Belanger Grafton. (0-486-24443-1)

    400 FLORAL MOTIFS

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