Project Description
illustrations for the embroiderer’s flowers
Thomasina Beck’s book The Embroiderer’s Flowers
1992
indian ink on paper
David & Charles
ISBN 0 7153 9901 2
pp10, 31, 32, 60, 89, 90, 108, 126
The original drawings are in various private collections
chapter headings
flowers for dress
flowers for furnishing
the embroiderer’s record
a garden in the house
the language of flowers
sundry sorts of butterflies, beasts & worm
favourite flowers
outlandish & fantastical flowers