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Extremely rare specimen of a very richly decorated silk bookbinding

Extremely rare specimen of a very richly decorated silk bookbinding View picture(s)

1 EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDING.
Ivory satin bookbinding, richly decorated with coloured threads, gold thread, metal rings and clusters of seed pearls.
England (London?), second quarter of the 17th century. Open: 17 x 25cm. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Bindings  Embroidery  England  English 

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€ 17.500,00

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Flower artist's unique engraved & hand-coloured samplebook

Flower artist's unique engraved & hand-coloured samplebook Flower artist's unique engraved & hand-coloured samplebook Flower artist's unique engraved & hand-coloured samplebook Flower artist's unique engraved & hand-coloured samplebook Flower artist's unique engraved & hand-coloured samplebook View picture(s)

2 FREUDENBERG, Caroline von.
Neue Blumenstraüsse, oder Muster zur feinen Stickkunst.
Nuremberg, Joh. Bernh. Geyer, [ca. 1825]. Oblong folio (24 x 37 cm). Contemporary marbled wrappers with engraved orange title-label. Samplebook of flower engravings comprising title-plate with wreath of flowers, and 5 sample plates with 6 engravings, the plates numbered [1], 2-6. Hand-coloured. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Botany  Embroidery  Natural History  Ornaments 

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€ 4.000,00

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Spectacular embroidered binding with silver thread

Spectacular embroidered binding with silver thread View picture(s)

3 [BINDING - EMBROIDERED].
Geistliches Handbüchlein für die Reijsenden von newen in dise geschmeidige Form geordnet.
Lüneburg, Hans und Heinrich Sternen, 1636-1637. Small 16mo. Contemporary silk over wooden boards, beautifully and finely decorated with a lavishly embroidered pattern in silver thread, gauffered edges, silver clasp in the form of two hands holding each other, with the initials "M.C.M. & M.C.B." on the back. With engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page, both depicting biblical scenes, small woodcut vignette with initials IHS for the Jesuits on printed title and on verso last page, 3 seperate titles in woodcut borders, small woodcut tailpiece at the end. (4), 155, 53, 18, 97, (1), 24, 106, 46, 175, (6), 44, 104, (4) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Bindings  Catechism  Embroidery  Jesuits  Religion 

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€ 7.000,00

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238 swatches of machine-made lace

238 swatches of machine-made lace 238 swatches of machine-made lace 238 swatches of machine-made lace 238 swatches of machine-made lace View picture(s)

4 [SAMPLE BOOK].
[Sample book containing numerous swatches of patterned machine-made black lace.]
[Belgium?, ca. 1880]. Portfolio. Folio. Original wrappers. With 238 swatches of machine-made lace, mainly in black, a few in white or goldthread, all tipped in on 16 leaves. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Embroidery  Lace  Modelbooks  Needlework 

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€ 5.500,00

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