by Eleanor Johnson · Shire Publications · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780852634462
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«Needlework Tools» is Eleanor Johnson's collecting guide, published by Shire Publications in 1978 in the Shire Album series (no. 38), in paperback (33 pages, in English).
The work surveys the history of sewing tools from their origins and describes the accessories collectors typically gather, such as thimbles, pincushions, tape measures, winders, scissors and needle cases. It illustrates more than two hundred objects and briefly explains their use, with attention to nineteenth-century pieces, when sewing moved from domestic necessity to a social and artistic activity.
It belongs to the Shire Album series, volume 38. The guide includes illustrations of more than two hundred sewing-related objects.
Aimed at collectors of sewing tools and those new to identifying antique needlework accessories.
