Chinese Embroidery: Traditional Techniques by Josiane Bertin-Guest

£18.00

Including 16 design sheets with templates, over 100 colour photographs and more than 150 line drawings, this book is a definitive history, design and technique sourcebook for Chinese embroidery.It includes instructions for specialist stitch techniques such as block shading, scale carving and the Pekin knot.

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Including 16 design sheets with templates, over 100 colour photographs and more than 150 line drawings, this book is a definitive history, design and technique sourcebook for Chinese embroidery.It includes instructions for specialist stitch techniques such as block shading, scale carving and the Pekin knot.

The dust wrapper is in very good condition, clean and bright, with a .7 cm closed tear and scuffs to the top of the spine and a .5 closed tear to the top edge to the rear.
The binding is tight.
The content is clean and in fine condition.
The book is priced to reflect these flaws.

Chinese Embroidery: Traditional Techniques
By
Josiane Bertin-Guest

  • Published by Batsford, 2003
  • Hardcover
  • First edition
  • 8.5 x 11 in.
  • 128 pages