From: Christina
Subject: [Fwd: HNW - embroidered book covers]
[email protected] wrote:
> Cloth book covers (embroidered or otherwise) are usually called "chemises."
> My experience has been that they predate the Elizabethan period by a good long way,
in both fancy (ie embroidered, fine fabric) and strictly functional
(canvas) forms. There's a brief squib on them in Michelle Brown's _Understanding
Illuminated Manuscripts_, and she offers a photo of one which was made for Henry
VII (Elizabeth's grandfather). Other books on the history of the medieval book or
medieval bindings will offer more detail.
>
> Stephanie/Alianora
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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:41:15 -1000
From: Christina
Subject: [Fwd: HNW - embroidered book covers]
Larsdatter, Karen wrote:
> There are a couple of embroidered book covers in Liz Arthur's
> "Embroidery 1600-1700 at the Burrell Collection," and another one
> in Mary Eirwen Jones' "A History of Western Embroidery."
>
> Angela Wainwright's "Renaissance Cross Stitch Samplers" has a
> picture of the book cover you're thinking of ...
>
> Karen
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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:36:12 -1000
From: Diane Hare
Subject: Forels Re: [Fwd: HNW - embroidered book covers]
Christina wrote:
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Cloth book covers (embroidered or otherwise) are usually called "chemises."
I'd seen them called "forels", when they're slip-covers rather than part of the binding. Perhaps the term differed from one side of the channel to the other.
Hibrida Longhair
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