Alphabets From Early Samplers

by Marsha Van Valin

This book features 64 different charted alphabets taken from antique samplers dating from the late 16th to the mid 19th century. It is an invaluable reference for designers as well as casual needleworkers looking for distinctive, and historically correct period lettering styles. The text includes historically appropriate color recommendations, with DMC cotton and au ver a soie Soie d'Alger silk numbers provided, as well as background on the evolution of lettering styles. Alphabetical and numerical sequences from the earliest band samplers, to elaborate Scottish illuminated lettering, to the austere Roman style Quaker letters, are featured.

Softbound, 40 pages

Price: $16.00