Jean le Viste, a newly wealthy member of the French court, commissions the tapestries to hang in his chateau. Nicolas, his chosen designer, meets le Viste's wife Genevieve and his daughter Claude, both of whom take a keen interest in the tapestries. This novel is written by the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and Falling Angels .

Kirsten Glasbrook's beautiful designs, with their brilliant colour ranges and evocative images, are combined with easy-to-follow instructions and detailed step-by-step photographs to create this inspiring guide. The tapestries the author makes are strong and durable and they look wonderful on walls - adding both colour and a feeling of warmth and comfort. Miniature designs are worked using very ..

Presents an account of the Donegal weaving co-operative which features accounts of the various processes; as well as interviews with weavers, spinners and dyers; and has 103 colour photographs of tapestries. This book also shows how traditional skills were adopted to produce modern tapestries of great beauty and originality.

A general history of tapestries, and a sourcebook for designers. This volume covers works of many different cultures, such as Peruvian, Asian, Native American and Indian. It also includes advice on how to buy and care for tapestry, and carries a listing of collectors.

First published in 1884, this remarkable volume is an exhaustive resource on virtually all forms of needlework, from crochet to macrame. It's a must-have for needlecrafters interested in rediscovering old-world techniques, as well as for anyone looking for a review of basic sewing skills and easy-to-follow, diagrammed directions.

Interweaves the creation of the Coptic textiles in the Greco-Roman city of Antinoe with their discovery by the archaeologist Albert Gayet. This book features album pages and covers illustrated in colour, along with archival photographs from Gayet's expeditions. It includes technical drawings that illustrate the weaving techniques of the Copts.

The Bayeaux Tapestry is unique both as a historical document and as a work of art. It was made soon after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and it tells the story of the events that led up to William the Conqueror's invasion of England and the battle itself.

Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign. This work weaves the history of this collection into the life of its owner with a narrative style. It also includes photographs that recreates Europe's greatest tapestry collection.

If you'd like to create web-based applications easily, then this book is for you. More importantly, it shows you how to do that with joy and feel good about your own work! You don't need to know servlet or JSP while your productivity will be much higher than using servlet or JSP directly. This is possible because we're going to use a library called Tapestry that makes complicated stuff simple ..

Contains stories from the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and is illustrated by Charles Vess. This book includes the characters of a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King .

This book looks at the archaeological importance of textiles, describing and illustrating recently 'rediscovered' garments, and translating little known related texts.

Hundreds of objects and motifs from the decorative arts and the world of nature are featured in this sourcebook. By showing what inspires him, Fassett opens the door to anyone who would like to create and stitch unique designs for their own knitting and needlepoint projects.

Updated version of this popular book with several new illustrations and an extra design (Artichoke 3). 21 Designs beautifully charted in colour with clear, easy-to-follow instructions.

Knitter Kaffe Fassett teams up with designer Candace Bahouth and does for mosaics what he has already done for knitting, needlepoint and patchwork. This source book features 24 projects for readers to tackle themelves.

This craft book contains both easy and complex projects to enable the reader to produce patchwork quilts. Its five chapters are organized under colour themes: soft pastels, circus, leafy gardens, antique stone and Renaissance.

This guide explores the full potential of needlepoint as an inspirational source. Kaffe's samples come from the natural world - the patterned markings of frogs, butterflies, flowers, shells and stones - the manmade markings of primitive cultures and the world of 20th-century art.

A study of the many techniques employed by medieval embroiderers, and the materials they used, illustrated to show various examples of their work. A further title from the MEDIEVAL CRAFTSMEN series.

Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire houses a world-famous collection of 16th and 17th century textile furnishings. In this illustrated and authoritative introduction to the collection, the author places the textiles in their day-to-day context .

In this book, Kaffe delves more deeply into the intricate arrangement of geometric patches and interesting prints, occasionally incorporating his own new fabric designs. The twenty projects include full-size quilts, tablecloths, cushion covers and baby quilts. There are detailed instructions and simple, coloured piecing diagrams for each patchwork.