Sat Sep 14, 2019 08:28 PM

Morning Modelbuch (9/15/2019) Embroidered book bindings are some of my favorite things to look at. I keep planning to make one and then waiting because I worry my embroidery skills aren’t good enough.This one dated 1660 at the Bridwell Library is sweet with its flowers and bees. If you follow the link they have a short video of the object rotating so you can see it from multiple angles. https://bridwelllibrary.tumblr.com/post/128047229174/an-english-embroidered-binding-the-whole-book-of

Some flower patterns by John Overton published by John Dunstall and Peter Stent previous to 1666 as _A Book of Slips of Flowers._

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3261810&partid=1&searchText=book+of+slips&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=2