Meanings of embroidered books in English

This was cut to imitate the small circular spangles of the embroidered books (Fig.

French embroidered books are very rare, and I do not know of any examples in England.

The designs on embroidered books may be roughly divided into four classes-Heraldic ,Figure ,Floral ,andArabesque.

With this book is one of the now rare ornamental markers, which, no doubt, often went with embroidered books.

Several of the embroidered books on satin are worked chiefly in metal threads, and the designs on such books are not as a rule good.

Nicholas Ferrar's establishment at Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire is often credited with having produced embroidered books, but there is really no authority for the belief.

Again, a peculiarity of the Little Gidding books is, generally, their large size, whereas the embroidered books, especially the satin ones, are usually very small.