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English Embroidered Bookbindings

Chapter 10: The English Bookman's Library
By Cyril Davenport
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This study surveys the English art of needlework used to cover books, defining embroidered bindings, cataloguing examples, and classifying styles by support—canvas, velvet, satin—and by stitches such as chain, split, tapestry, and satin stitch. It provides illustrated plates and descriptive chapters with individual specimens, discusses chronological development, typical sizes and designs, and practical questions of rebinding, repair, and transference between volumes. The tone is descriptive and curatorial, combining technical observations on materials and techniques with a systematic catalogue of surviving examples.

82
.


Pearls used in embroidered bindings: Brion (1540),
52
;

Christopherson (1569), 57;

Parker (1572), 60;

'New Testament' (1576), 81;

'Bible' (1583), 67;

'Bible' (1590), 70;

'Tracts' (1610), 72;

Montenay (1624), 85;

'Psalms' (1633), 94;

'Common Prayer' (1638), 77.


'Petrarcha, 1544,'
55
.


Pomegranate badge on Queen Mary's 'Psalter,'
57
.


Poncyn, of Amsterdam, bookbinder,
10
.


Portraits on embroidered books,
5
;

Charles
i
.,
106
;

Duke of Buckingham, 76.


'Psalms,' 1606 ed.,
38
; 1633 ed.,
91
,
94
;

1635 ed., 92;

1639 ed., 98;

1641 ed., 103;

1643 ed., 105, 106;

1646 ed., 108.


Purl, description of,
9
,
10
,
46
;

book embroidered alone with, 108.



Satin bindings,
7
,
8
,
80
-
110
.


Schreiber, the Lady Charlotte,
83
.


Scriptural designs and figures of saints used on embroidered books,
5
,
6
;

Abraham and Isaac, 86;

the Annunciation, 29;

the Crucifixion, 29;

David, 86, 99;

Jacob's Dream,

Jacob wrestling with the angel, 39, 106;

St. Peter, 45;

St. Paul, 45;

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 39.


Silk bindings,
81
.


South Kensington Museum, embroidered books in the,
20
.


Spangles,
9
,
28
.


Stitches used on embroidered books:

Buttonhole or Needlepoint lace stitch,

'New Testament' (1625), 87;

'Psalms' (1633), 95;

'New Testament' (1640), 101;

'Bible' (1642), 48;

'Bible' (1648), 50.

Chain stitch,

'Daily Exercise of a Christian' (1623), 44.

Feather stitch, sometimes called Shading stitch,

'Bible' (1626), 45;

'New Testament' (1630), 90;

Henshaw (1632), 90;

'Psalms' (1635), 92;

'Psalms' (1641), 105;

'Psalms' (1643), 106.

Satin stitch,

'Psalms' (1633), 91.

Split stitch,

'Felbrigge Psalter' (fourteenth century), 30;

'Way to True Happiness' (1639), 99.

Tapestry or Tent stitch, 28;

'Miroir of the Synneful Soul' (1544), 33;

'Prayers' (1545), 34;

'Prayers' (1581), 37;

'Bible' (1612), 39;

Ward (1626), 41.


Symbolical figures,
5
,
6
;

Faith and Hope (1625, 1648), 42, 50;

Peace and Plenty (1619, 1635), 84, 93.



Thompson, Mr. H. Yates,
41
.



Udall's 'Sermons,'
71
.



Vaughan crest, on 'Christian Prayers, 1570,'
59
.


Velvet bindings,
6
,
7
,
52
-
79
.


Victoria, Queen, embroidered book belonging to,
77
.



Wales, ostrich plumes of the Prince of,
73
,
77
,
86
.


Ward, Samuel, 'Sermons, 1626-7,'
41
.


Water-colours used on embroidered bindings,
81
-
84
.


'Way to True Happiness' (1639),
99
.


Wheatley, Mr. H. B.,
1
.


Wilton, Countess of,
33
,
35
,
64
.


Wren, Elizabeth, book embroidered by,
94
.



York, Cardinal,
19
.






PRINTED BY T. AND A. CONSTABLE, PRINTERS TO
HER MAJESTY, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS,
EDINBURGH: MARCH MDCCCXCIX

The English Bookman's Library

Edited by Alfred Pollard

VOLUME I

ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS

By CYRIL DAVENPORT, F. S. A.


VOLUME II

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH PRINTING

By H. R. PLOMER


VOLUME III

ENGLISH BOOK COLLECTORS

By W. Y. FLETCHER


LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LIMITED

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Transcriber's note:

The format of the table of contents was preserved with respect to the original line numbers; however, links to the plates were reassigned to more accurately represent their post-formatting positions.