Although a large body of needlework has always been attributed to Mary Queen of Scots, little attempt was made to authenticate these pieces or to explain how so energetic and impetuous a woman could have found pleasure in the meticulous craft of embroidery. This is the first comprehensive study of the Queen as a needlewoman describing all the works associated with her. For the first time every piece marked by her cipher or monogram is illustrated in full. A biographical outline provides the framework for understanding her ...
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Although a large body of needlework has always been attributed to Mary Queen of Scots, little attempt was made to authenticate these pieces or to explain how so energetic and impetuous a woman could have found pleasure in the meticulous craft of embroidery. This is the first comprehensive study of the Queen as a needlewoman describing all the works associated with her. For the first time every piece marked by her cipher or monogram is illustrated in full. A biographical outline provides the framework for understanding her work by setting it in the context of her unsettled and stormy life. It recounts the influence of her formative years in France and her absorption in needlework during the years of imprisonment. Many of the embroideries can be seen in British country houses and in Scottish collections.
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Fine in fine jacket. Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1973. first printing. 128pp., index, black and white, color illustrations and photographs. 4to. small nameplate on first page, fine unread hardcover, fine d/j.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition. NF/NF. Hardcover, red cloth with gilt titles, 128 pp, color and b&w illustrations, quarto, slight rubbing to DJ, else a clean and crisp copy. Protected in a Brodart cover.
This book had more history than stitching. It was a very interesting book.
gini
Aug 10, 2007
interesting
story of an unusual woman's life, queen, widow, exiled, wife, mother, prisoner.Finally executed for the bad luck of her birth into the royal family. She found relief in her needlework. An interesting insight into the world of embroidery of the past, when people made things to last...some of them hundreds of years.
