Christian church vestments & embroidery reading list
Anson, Peter. Fashions in Church Furnishings: 1840-1940. London, 1960.
Aribaud, Christine. Soieries en Sacristie. Toulouse, 1999.
Atterbury, Paul and Clive Wainwright. Pugin: A Gothic Passion. New Haven and London, 1994.
Berthod, Bernard. Paramentica, Tissus Lyonnais et Art Sacré, 1800-1940. Lyons, 1992.
Christie, A. G. I. English Medieval Embroidery. Cambridge, 1938.
Dean, Beryl. Embroidery in Religion and Ceremonial. London, 1982.
Ingram, Elizabeth, ed. Thread of Gold: The Embroideries and Textiles in York Minster. Andover, 1987.
Johnstone, Pauline. High Fashion in the Church. Leeds, 2002.
King, Donald. Opus Anglicanum. London, 1963.
King, Donald and Monique. European Textiles in the Keir Collection 400 BC to 1800 AD. London and Boston, 1990.
Mayo, Janet. Ecclesiastical Dress. London, 1984.
Morris, Barbara. Victorian Embroidery. London, 1962.
Norbert, Herbert. Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development. London, 1949.
Parker, Rosika. The Subversive Stitch. London, 1984.
Parry, Linda. William Morris Textiles. New York, 1983.
Schoeser, Mary. English Church Embroidery 1833-1953: The Watts Book of Embroidery. London, 1993.
Schuette, Marie and Sigrid Müller-Christensen. The Art of Embroidery. London, 1964.
Staniland, Kay. Medieval Craftsmen: Embroiderers. London, 1991.
St Aubin, Charles-Germain de, trans. The Art of the Embroiderer. Los Angeles, 1983.
Thurman Mayer, Christa C. Raiment for the Lord's Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments. Chicago, 1975.
Turgeon, Christine. Le Fil de l'art: Les Broderies des Ursulines de Québec. Québec, 2002.
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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