Dillmont Editor (13 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Some minor coffee staining.Binding tight.Cover a bit worn and rubbed.Paperback.Minor wear to page edges and corners. No writing, highlighting, or marks in text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Not Stated. Gostelow's updating of the famous encyclopedia of needlework, volume one. Very Good in dust jacket; edge and shelfwear, a few spot on dust jacket.

early 's. loose binding oblong softcover.

early 's. very good - fine oblong softcover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Masterpieces of Irish Crochet Lace: Techniques, Patterns, Instructions., Therese de Dillmont, Editor. Published by Dover Publications Inc, Mineola, NY, 1986. Republication. Paperback. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 64 Pgs. ISBN 0486250792. LCCN 86-2031. Authentic motifs and grounds used by the most skilled needleworkers of late 19th-century Ireland. The book offers patterns, complete instructions and/or detailed photos for 30 motifs, 12 intricate grounds, and various traditional footings and borders. Abridged publication of the book published by DMC Library by Th(erese) de Dillmont. Illustrated with 100 black and white photos. Description text copyright 2017 BooksForComfort. Item ID 31711. book. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Overall spotting afftect the covers and page edges. D.M.C. Library.

Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. Mulhouse, no date, ca 1910. 11 pages, 25 halftone plates of needlework, 4p publisher advertisements. Italian text. 7.75 x 11.75", cloth reinforced pictorial paper. VG.

ed. paperback good + condition with some wear.

Condition: Poor. Undated. Rusting to staples stains spine & inside page edges. Tanning/foxing to cover & scuffs to edges. Wear/loosening between pages. Tanning to pages & foxing to several pages. Text good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice copy of this set of patterns/ instructions. Many parts in cloth/paper boards loosely inserted and with original ribbon ties. 35 plates. Slight ageing to boards, slight tanning to edges. Overall a great set. See my other Dillmont publications.

Condition: Good. Undated. Rusting to staples, stains spine. Dirty marks to spine. Tanning/some marks to cover & scuffs to edges. Foxing to textblock edges. Tanning/some foxing to pages. Content good.

Wraps. Condition: Very good +. [EMBROIDERY] [HOME ARTS]. English: Embroidery Alphabet, Letters, Numbers, monograms and Ornaments with counted stitches followed by a series of examples with transfers for white embroidery, D.M.C. Library. 24mo oblong (5 ½" x 8"); 92 + [25]pp publisher's advertisements; tan textured boards, lettering and border design in red; text in sepia, patterns in color and b&w; 82pp needlework charts followed by 10pp of transfer patterns printed in blue on transfer paper; front board has spotting stains, corners bumped and rubbing to spine, interior clean and tight; very good plus. Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) was perhaps the most important needlearts instructor and author in the 19th century. Born in Austria and educated in embroidery at the school founded by the Empress Maria-Theresa (ruler of the Habsburg dominions), by 1884 she had moved to France and opened a textile school in Dornach. She owned a string of shops across Europe and published the Encyclopedia of Needlework in 1886. The publisher's illustrated ads at the rear of this book are titles by Dillmont with pictorial samples of the work covered in each. Nine pages of the manufacturer D.M.C.'s embroidery charts and purchasing journal follow the ads. Scarce to find all pages and transfers intact. The thread and yarn manufacturer, D.M.C., was founded in 1746 by partners Jean-Henri Dollfus, Jean-Jacques Schmalzer and Samuel Koechlin. Beginning with hand-painted fabrics that were exported, the company continued to grow and by the late 18th century was taken over by Dollfus' nephew, Daniel. In 1800 Daniel Dollfus married Ann-Marie Mieg, and the company's name was changed to Dollfus-Mieg & Compagnie or D.M.C. In 1818 the company again changed hands, and Jean, the son of Daniel and Ann-Marie, took over. It was his friendship with Thérèse de Dillmont that led to her move to Dornach, and with his backing she opened her school.…

[NEEDLEWORK]. 16mo oblong (7 ¾" x 11 ¾"); 43, [1]pp + [4]pp publisher's ads, [1] introduction to the patterns, [8]pp waxed-gauze printed fold-out patterns with 16 patterns printed on them; embossed stiff aubergine-colored wrapper with a floral design in white, cloth shelf-back; photographic illustrations in text; 3 staple binding on the instructional pages, glued binding on the ads, instructions, and patterns; glued binding is dried and starting, hand wear, light soiling; booklet is complete. Booklet is undated but has a bookseller's ticket stamped on the title page containing the seller's name and address: Beeman & Hendee, 447 S. Broadway, Los Angeles. This store was located at this address from 1910 to 1913, when they moved. The DMC corporation was founded in 1800 when Danie Dollfus-Mieg (DMC) took over the company founded in 1746 by Jena-Henri Dolfus, Jean-Jacques Schmalzer, and Samuel Koechlin to manufacture chintz fabric. Since then, it has been a leading manufacturer of needlework supplies including instructional pamphlets and books.…