Guida al ricamo in oro

This book explains some types of very special embroidery and precious effect, these are achievements which use the golden thread, which here is used in precision work which resemble the ecclesiastical embroidery (which I have always considered the maximum point level you can reach embroidering!). Detailed explanations, pictures and images of the various steps of the finished embroidery, describing the painstaking work that leads to results of stunning beauty. The silk yarn combined with gold (which, as explained, exists in various shades and thickness), the "padded" embroidery, point "latticed" the point "a cord", the embroidery "to lay wires "the" full point "," basket "etc., give the embroidery made a wealth of light reflections. It 'a book "challenging", undoubtedly need a lot of practice to learn this art particularly well, but this a book that can not miss in the library of those who, like me, love to own artistic books on decorative arts belonging slightly 'in the past, which in some circles and in ancient historical periods ... it was a' really art by style "rich". Cinzia.