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(Updated January 9, 2004)
Assisi Embroidery by Eva Leszner
Has generalized history - to some degree lumps period information and revivalist information in together. Read everything carefully. Has two pictures - both of which can be found in Schuette's book.
Creative Art of Embroidery by Barbara Snook
Doesn't really have any pictures to speak of but can provide background information. BTW - Italy is not the only country to produce voided embroideries in period. A lot of the Mediterranean did this as well, especially Spain.
Cross Stitch Book by Mary Gostelow
Good historical background. Page 33 Picture of Assisi piece but date is not easily found. I don't think the date is there but don't remember for certain.
Embroidery Masterworks by Virginia Churchill Bath
Has a picture of the Noah's Ark embroidery that I used for my Assisi piece and historical information. The picture is dated 16th or early 17th century.
A History of Western Embroidery by Mary Eirwen Jones
Great generalized history for almost everything, including Assisi. Beautiful color plate of the tree of life motif from the 12th century, it is Sicilian, not Italian.
Lace: A History by Santina Levey
This book has a few pictures of Assisi work.
Mary Gostelow's Embroidery Book by Mary Gostelow
History again. Page 23, same picture is in her Cross Stitch Book, this time there is a date. Italian, 17th century.
Needlework by Adolph Cavallo
Very, very brief mention of voided embroideries. Picture of Assisi piece, page 48, Italian 1550-1625.
Needlework Patterns from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Susan Siegler
Pg 144 - Brothers Bow Down Before Joseph, Italian 16th century, completed in Plait stitch which is similar to long-arm but not exactly the same. Long-arm produces little vertical lines on the back and plait produces wider horizontal lines on the back. The interweaving effect on the front is different.
Pg 176 - Dancing figures on a linen border, Italian 17th century, here the stitches are drawn work - not long-arm or any version thereof, however, it definitely produces a voided effect very similar to Assisi work.
Pictorial History of Embroidery by Marie Schuette
In addition to having summary information and being THE EMBROIDERY BIBLE, there are two pictures of completed Assisi work from the 16th century and one picture of outlining for Assisi embroidery from 16th century.
Piecework March/April 1998 "A Fragment of Sicilian Cross-Stitch" by Vima de Marchi Micheli.
Picture of a 17th century Sicilian border.
Piecework May/June 1999 "From a Medieval Italian Town: Assisi Embroidery" by Elly Smith.
Panel of Women and Dragon heads from the 17th century. Tree of Life Motif with grotesqueries and the Pelican in her Piety from Italy, 17th century.
A World of Embroidery by Mary Gostelow
Good historical background. Page 161 - Adam and Eve picture from 17th century.
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