Karen’s Embroidery Library

These are the books in my personal embroidery library. If you’d like to acquire a copy of any of them for yourself, click on the links below to order them from Amazon.

• Appuhn, Horst. Bildstickereien des Mittelalters in Kloster Lüne. Dortmund: Harenberg Edition, 1990.
• Arthur, Liz. Embroidery 1600-1700 at the Burrell Collection. London: John Murray, 1995.
• Baker, Patricia L. Islamic Textiles. London: British Museum Press, 1995.
• Bath, Michael. Emblems for a Queen: The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots. Archetype Books, 2008.
• Bath, Virginia Churchill. Embroidery Masterworks: Classic Patterns and Techniques for Contemporary Application from the Textile Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1972.
• Beck, Thomasina. The Embroiderer's Flowers. Devon: David & Charles, 1993.
• Beck, Thomasina. The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day. Devon: David & Charles, 1995.
• Beck, Thomasina. Gardening with Silk and Gold: A History of Gardens in Embroidery. Devon: David & Charles, 1997.
• Benn, Elizabeth (ed). Treasures from the Embroiderers' Guild Collection. Devon: David & Charles, 1995.
• Bridgeman, Harriet, and Elizabeth Drury, ed. Needlework, an Illustrated History. London: Paddington Press, 1978.
• Brooks, Mary M. English Embroideries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2004.
• Camille, Michael. The Medieval Art of Love: Objects and Subjects of Desire. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.
• Cittone, Elio. Tesori Ottomani del XVI e XVII Secolo. Milan: Grafica Centonze.
• The Conservation of Tapestries and Embroideries: Proceedings of Meetings at the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels, Belgium, September 21-24, 1987. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1989.
• Digby, George Winfield. Elizabethan Embroidery. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1963.
• Ellis, Marianne. Embroideries and samplers from Islamic Egypt. Greenville, SC: Curious Works Press, 2001.
• Foster, Vanda. Bags and Purses. London: Batsford, 1992.
• Freeman, Margaret B. The St. Martin Embroideries. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968.
• Grape, Wolfgang. The Bayeux Tapestry: Monument to a Norman Triumph. New York: Prestel-Verlag, 1994.
• Gudjónsson, Elsa E. Traditional Icelandic Embroidery. Reykjavík: Iceland Review, 1985.
• Humphrey, Carol. Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks: Samplers. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
• Jones, Mary Eirwen. A History of Western Embroidery. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1969.
• Kay, Dorothea. Embroidered Samplers. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.
• King, Donald, and Santina Levey. The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1759. New York: 1993.
• Kurth, B. Medieval Embroidery. (Ciba Review 50, pp. 1798-1828; includes "The Technique of European Pictorial Embroidery in the Middle Ages," "Genres of European Pictorial Embroidery in the Middle Ages," "The Importance of Figural Embroidery in the Middle Ages.") Basle: Ciba Limited, 1945.
• Lefébure, Ernest. Embroidery and Lace: Their Manufacture and History from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Day. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1889.
• Mayer-Thurman, Christa C. Textiles in the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.
• Morrall, Andrew, and Melinda Watt, eds. English Embroidery in the Metropolitan Museum 1580-1700: 'Twixt Art and Nature. Bard Center, 2009.
• Nevinson, John L. Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. London, 1938.
• Privat-Savigny, Maria-Anne. Quand les princesses d'Europe brodaient: broderie au petit point, 1570-1610. Paris: Editions de la réunion des musées nationaux, 2003.
• Schuette, Marie and Muller-Christiansen, Sigrid. A Pictorial History of Embroidery. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964.
• Snook, Barbara. English Embroidery. London: Mills & Boon, 1974.
• Staniland, Kay. Medieval Craftsmen: Embroiderers. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1997.
• Swain, Margaret. The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots. Carlton: Ruth Bean Publishers, 1986.
• Thunder, Moira. Embroidery Designs for Fashion and Furnishings. Victoria & Albert Museum, 2014.
• Wardle, Patricia. Guide to English Embroidery. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1981.

• Ambuter, Carolyn. The Open Canvas: An Instructional Encyclopedia of Openwork Techniques. New York: Workman Publishing, 1982.
• de Dillmont, Thérèse (Thérèse Maria Josepha von Dillmont). The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1972.
• Fairfield, Helen. Counted-Thread Embroidery. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987.
• Gostelow, Mary. The Cross Stitch Book. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.
• Gostelow, Mary. Mary Gostelow's Embroidery Book. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979.
• Harding, Valerie. Faces and Figures in Embroidery. Newton Centre: Charles T. Branford Company, 1979.
• Rhodes, Mary. Needlepoint: The art of canvas embroidery. London: Octopus Books, 1974.
• Snook, Barbara. The Creative Art of Embroidery. New York: Hamlyn, 1972.
• Stevens, Helen M. The Timeless Art of Embroidery. Devon: David & Charles, 1998.
• Tamura, Shuji. The Techniques of Japanese Embroidery. Iola: Krause Publications, 1999.

• Drysdale, Rosemary. The Art of Blackwork Embroidery. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.
• Geddes, Elisabeth, and McNeill, Moyra. Blackwork Embroidery. New York: Dover, 1976.
• Gostelow, Mary. Blackwork. New York: Dover, 1998.
• Pascoe, Margaret. Blackwork Embroidery: Design and Technique. London: Batsford, 1986.

• Bassée, Nicolas. German Renaissance Patterns for Embroidery: A facsimile copy of Nicolas Bassée's New Modelbuch of 1568. Austin: Curious Works Press, 1994.
• Newall, Kathryn. Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany: Designs recharted by Kathryn Newall from Johan Sibmacher's Schön Neues Modelbuch 1597. Boulder: Costume & Dressmaker Press, 1999.
• Salazar, Kim Brody. The New Carolingian Modelbook: Counted embroidery patterns from before 1600. Albuquerque: Outlaw Press, 1995.
• Shorleyker, Richard. A Schole-House for the Needle: Produced from the original book printed in 1632 and now in the private collection of John and Elizabeth Mason. Shropshire: RJL Smith & Associates, 1998.
• Sibmacher, Johan. Baroque Charted Designs for Needlework Engraved by Johan Sibmacher. (Reprint of Newes Modelbuch, 1604.) New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
• Vinciolo, Federico. Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery and Needlepoint: An unabridged facsimile of the "Singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts" of 1587. New York: Dover, 1971.

• Bahouth, Candace. Flowers, Birds, and Unicorns: Medieval Needlepoint. 1993.
• DMC Library. Assisi Embroideries. Mulhouse: Editions Th. de Dillmont, 1954.
• Elder, Karen. V&A Needlepoint Collection. London: Brockhampton Press, 1995.
• Foris, Andreas, and Foris, Maria. Charted Folk Designs for Cross-Stitch Embroidery: 278 charts of ancient folk embroideries from the countries along the Danube. New York: Dover, 1975.
• Gierl, Irmgard. Cross Stitch Patterns. London: Batsford, 1986.
• Houck, Carter. 101 Folk Art Designs for Counted Cross-Stitch and Other Needlecrafts. New York: Dover, 1982.
• Nicholas, Jane. Stumpwork Medieval Flora. Sally Milner, 2009.
• Roth, Ann. Needlepoint Designs from the Mosaics of Ravenna. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.
• Shinall, Meg. 17th Century Style Band Sampler. Sumter: Designs by Gloria & Pat, 1992.
• Wainwright, Angela. Medieval Cross Stitch Samplers. London: Cassell, 1995.
• Wainwright, Angela. Renaissance Cross Stitch Samplers. London: Cassell, 1995.
• Warner, Pamela. Tudor Treasures to Embroider. Lewes (East Sussex, England): Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications, 2002.

• Kliffen, Ina. Celtic Animals Charted Designs. New York: Dover Publications, 1996.
• Lawther, Gail. Celtic Cross Stitch: 30 Alphabet, Animal, and Knotwork Projects. Reader's Digest, 1997.
• Spinhoven, Co. Celtic Charted Designs. New York: Dover, 1987.
• Starmore, Alice. Celtic Needlepoint. North Pomfret: Trafalgar Square, 1999.
• Vickery, Mike. Celtic Cross-Stitch. New York: Sterling Publications, 1997.
• Wainwright, Angela. Celtic Cross Stitch Samplers. London: Cassell, 1999.

• The Atlantian Embroiderers' Guild “Tempore Atlantia” Annotated Bibliography
• The West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild Embroidery Booklist
• V&A Embroidery Reading List