A group of miscellaneous volumes of general literature about needlework and textiles

Approximately 80 vols.  Including Encyclopedia of Textiles by the editors of the American Fabrics Magazine (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972); Margaret Boyles, Bargello: An Explosion in Color (New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1974); Pamela Clabburn, The Needleworker’s Dictionary (New York: William Morrow & Company, 1976); Jane C. Nylander, Fabrics for Historic Buildings (Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1990); Isabella Beeton, Beeton’s Book of Needlework (London: Chancellor Press, 1986); and Lanto Synge, Art of Embroidery: History of Style and Technique (Woodbridge, England: The Antique Collectors’ Club, 2001). 

Also including:



Margaret Abegg, Apropos Patterns: For Embroidery, Lace and Woven Textiles (Bern: Stampfli & Cie AG, 1978)



Patience Agnew, Needlepoint for Churches (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972)



Chottie Alderson, Stitchin' with Chottie: A Casebook of Needlepoint Stitches (Running Springs, California: Chottie Alderson, 1975)



Carolyn Ambuter, Complete Book of Needlepoint (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972)



Anchor Embroidery Stitches, 100 Embroidery Stitches (United Kingdom: J&P Coats, 1967)



Chris Aspin, Shire Album (63): The Cotton Industry (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1981)



Chris Aspin, Shire Album (81): The Woolen Industry (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1982)



Muriel Baker, The XYZ's of Canvas Embroidery (Old Sturbidge, Mass.: Old Sturbidge, Inc., 1971)



Muriel Baker, Stumpwork: The Art of Raised Embroidery (New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978)



Alessandro Baricco, Silk (London:  The Harvill Press, 1997)



Isabella Beeton, Beeton's Book of Needlework (London:  Chancellor Press, 1986)



Anna P. Benson, Shire Album (103): Textile Machines (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1983)



Margaret Boyles, Bargello: An Explosion in Color (New York:  MacMillan Publishing Co., 1974)



Margaret Boyles, Needlepoint Stitchery (New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., n.d.)



Jo Bucher, Complete Guide to Creative Needlepoint (Des Moines, Iowa: Creative Home Library, 1973)



Jo Bucher, Price List (Boonton, New Jersey: American Crewel and Ceramics Studio, 1978) [Folder]



The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Washington D.C., Stitches for God (Washington, D.C.: Washington Cathedral, n.d.), two copies



Grace Christie, Embroidery & Tapestry Weaving (New York:  Taplinger, 1979)



Ed. by Blanche Circker, Needlework Alphabets and Designs (New York:  Dover Publications, 1975)



Pamela Clabburn, The Needleworker's Dictionary (New York:  William Morrow & Company, 1976 )



Pamela Clabburn, Shire Album (30): Samplers (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1977)



Pamela Clabburn, Shire Album (57): Beadwork (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1980)



Pamela Clabburn, Shire Album (77): Shawls, (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1981)



Hazel Clark, Shire Album (135): Textile Printing (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1985)



Averil Colby, Samplers (London: B.T. Batsford, 1964)



Grace Rogers Cooper, The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968)



Elsa T. Cose, Introduction to Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery (Lebanon, New Jersey: Dynamic Color Catalog, 1977)



Mildred J. Davis, The Art of Crewel Embroidery (New York: Crown Publishers,  1966)



Therese De Dillmont, Assisi Embroideries (Mulhouse, France:  DMC Library, 1974)



Therese De Dillmont, Encyclopedia of Needlework (Mulhouse, France:  D.M.C. Library, n.d.)



Beryl Dean, Ideas for Church Embroidery (London: Charles T. Branford Co., 1968)



Heinrich Dolmetsch, The Library of Design: The Treasury of Ornament; Pattern in the Decorative Arts (New York: Portland House, 1989)



M. Dupont-Auberville, The Library of Design: Classic Textile Designs (New York: Portland House, 1989)



Editors of the American Fabrics Magazine, Encyclopedia of Textiles (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972)



John Edwards, The First of John Edwards' Small Books on the History of Embroidery: Berlin Work (Dorking, Surrey: Bayford Books, 1980)



June Field, Collecting Georgian and Victorian Crafts (New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973)



H.T. Gaddum & Company (Silk Merchants), Silk:  How and Where it is Produced (Liverpool: John Higgins & Sons, 1979)



Lou Gartner, More Needlepoint Design (New York:  William Morrow & Company, 1975)



Louis J. Gartner, Needlepoint Design (New York:  William Morrow & Company, 1970)



Elizabeth Geddes & Moyra McNeill, Blackwork Embroidery (New York:  Dover Publications, 1976)



Mary Gostelow, Blackwork (New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1976)



Judith K. Grow and Elizabeth C. McGrail, Creating Historic Samplers (Princeton:  The Pine Press, 1974)



Hope Hanley, Needlepoint (New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964)



Hope Hanley, Needlepoint Rugs (New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971)



Virginia I. Harvey, Macrame: The Art of Creative Knotting (New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1967)



Constance Howard, Embroidery and Colour (New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1976)



Edith John, Filling Stitches (London: Batsford Branford, 1967)



Eleanor Johnson, Shire Album (38): Needlework Tools (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1978)



Mary Eirwen Jones, English Crewel Designs (New York:  William Morrow & Company, 1974)



William Justema, Pattern:  A Historical Panorama (Boston:  New York Graphic Society, 1976)



Mary Taylor Landon and Susan Borrows Swan, American Crewelwork (New York:  MacMillan Publishing Co., 1970)



Sherlee Lantz, A Pageant of Pattern for Needlepoint Canvas (New York:  Atheneum, 1973)



Eliza Leadbeater, Shire Album (43): Spinning and Spinning Wheels (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1979)



Leisure Arts, Alphabets: 7 Graphed Alphabets plus Numbers for Needlepoint or Cross Stitch [Leaflet 32] (Libertyville, Illinoise: Leisure Arts, 1974)



Leisure Arts, Chartered Alphabets and Borders: Volume Two [Leaflet 57] (Libertyville, Illinois: Leisure Arts, 1975)



E. Mary MacDonald, Cord Knotting [Dryad Leaflet 157] (Wood-ridge, New Jersey: The Dryad Press, n.d.)



Lucy Vaughan Hayden Mackrille, Church Embroidery and Church Vestments (Chevy Chase, Maryland:  Cathedral Studios, 1939)



Sheila Marton and Mimi Selick, Patterned Backgrounds for Needlepoint (New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977)



Sibyl I. Mathews, Charted Designs for Needle-Made Rugs (New York: Hearthside Press Inc., 1968)



Monica (Posy) McMillen, The Pursuit of Excellence: Things no one told me in Embroidery 101 (Fort Worth, Texas: Posy MicMillen, 1975)



Susan Meller and Joost Elffers, Textile Designs (New York:  Harry N. Abrams, 1991)



Nancy S. Montgomery, Stitches for God (Washington, D.C.: Washington Cathedral, 1974)



Jane C. Nylander, Fabrics for Historic Buildings (Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1990)



Marion Broome Pakula, Needlepoint Plaids (New York:  Crown Publishers, 1975)



Maureen O'Brien Quimby, Technological Innovation and the Decorative Arts (Wilmington, DE: The Hagley Museum and the Winterthur Museum, 1973)



Valerie Reilly, Paisley Patterns: A Design Source Book (New York: Portland House, 1989)



Mary Rhodes, Needlepoint: The Art of Canvas Embroidery (London: Octopus Books, 1974)



Pat Russell, Lettering for Embroidery (New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1971)



Virginia W. Smith, Alphabetrics (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974)



Diana Springall, Canvas Embroidery (London: Batsford Branford, 1971)



Sunset Books, Needlepoint (Menlo Park, California:  Lane Books, 1972)



Margaret Swain, Figures on Fabric: Embroidery Design Sources and their Application (London: A&C Black, 1980)



Margaret Swain, Shire Album (88): Ayrshire and other Whitework (Bucks, UK: Shire Publications, 1982)



G.B. Thompson, Spinning Wheels: The John Horner Collection (Belfast: Ulster Museum, 1976)



Michele Weal, Texture and Color in Needlepoint (New York:  Harper & Row, 1975)



Elsa S. Williams, Heritage Embroidery (New York:  Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1967)



Elsa S.  Williams, Bargello: Florentine Canvas Work (New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1967)



Erica Wilson, Crewel Embroidery (New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962)



Lanto Synge, Art of Embroidery: History of Style and Technique (Woodbridge, England: The Antique Collectors' Club, 2001)

The Joan Stephens Collection, sold Sotheby’s, January 19, 1997, lot 2134 (part), lot 2136 (part), lot 2143 (part)