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Margaret Swain £3.50 978 0 85263 589 6 (Album 88) 32 pp, 44 b/w ills. For a generation or more, white on white embroidery, a symbol of purity and elegance, once so desirable, has been neglected by needlewoman and collector alike. The growing importance of antique costume, in the saleroom and among serious students, has aroused interest in the embroidered white accessories that were an indispensable part of the whole ensemble. This book gives a concise summary of the various types of white needlework likely to be encountered. It shows details of the techniques and gives a readable and authoritative account of such diverse types as Dresden work, tamboured muslin, Ayrshire embroidery, Mountmellick and Richelieu work, broderie anglaise, quilting and stringwork. A useful section shows how to identify machine embroidery and Indian whitework. Above all, it will be an inspiration to the modern needlewoman attracted by white on white embroidery. Pamela Clabburn has been interested in embroidery since childhood. After the war she worked freelance as a lingère, dressmaker, embroideress and textile conservationist until she became Assistant Keeper of Social History at Strangers Hall Museum, Norwich, with special responsibility for textiles. |
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Battlefields of England and Scotland John Kinross £8.99 978 0 7478 0370 6 (Handbook 287) 184 pp, 137 ills, 76 maps and plans. The battlefields of Britain are a strangely neglected part of our national heritage. A few have visitor centres, and efforts have been made to explain what happened at the battle, bit most have no more than a monument, if that, to commemorate the valour of combatants and the lives lost there centuries ago. In this book the author describes sisty-nine battles that took place on English or Scottish soil. He sets each battle in its historical context, describes the action in relation to the landscape and gives a guide to the site as it is today. John Kinross studied history at Exeter University. He is a Blue Badge Guide for the South West Region and was Honorary Secretary of the Taunton branch of the Historical Association. |
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John Baker £4.99 978 0 7478 0581 6 (Album 140) 48 pp, 95 colour and 20 b/w ills. Wooden souvenirs known as Mauchline ware developed from a unique wooden ‘hidden-hinge’ snuff box that was originally produced in Laurencekirk in north-east Scotland. However, by the beginning of the nineteenth century the secret of its manufacture had reached Ayrshire, and soon there were manufactories in several Ayrshire towns, notably Mauchline. This book describes the wide and varied range of products and the many finishes including transfer and photographic ware and the more colourful tartan and fern decoration. John Baker was a founder member of the Mauchline Ware Collectors’ Club, and for many years the club’s chairman.
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Scottish Agricultural Implements Bob Powell £3.50 978 0 85263 925 2 (Album 218) 32 pp, 53 ills. Over the centuries Scotland has produced a variety of agricultural implements which reflect both the subsistence farming of the crofting communities and the prosperity of the larger lowland farms. Until the eighteenth century implements were often rudimentary, particularly in crofting areas where most tasks were carried out by manpower. The movement towards improvement came in the eighteenth century and continued in the early nineteenth century and manufacturers produced implement variations to serve regional needs. In this book each implement is treated chronologically within a seasonal framework. Bob Powell has close associations with the farming community and is vice-chairmanship of the Peterborough Farm Machinery Preservation Society. Click here for other titles on Rural Bygones
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Discovering Scottish Architecture T. W. West £4.99 978 0 85263 748 7 (Db 278) 128 pp, 96 ills. So much has been written about the natural landscape of Scotland that there has been a tendency to overlook the buildings that have given it its national character. Simply and concisely, using numerous photographs and illustrations, this book surveys the entire range of Scottish architecture to the twentieth century. It is intended for the visitor to Scotland and student of Scottish history. T. W. West has an MA in Victorian art and has since held teaching posts in further education preparing students for external examinations in the history of architecture. Other titles for Shire by this author are: |
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Tim Buxbaum £3.50 978 0 85263 848 4 (Album 190) 32 pp, 55 ills. On many Scottish estates a dovecote (or doocot) can be found. It may be disguised as a classical temple, transformed into a cottage ornée or incorporated into the cupola of a stable block, but many doocots are more humble structures of random rubble with simple dressings that date from medieval times, when pigeons and their eggs were a valuable source of food, while their dung was used for fertiliser and even gunpowder. This book traces the development of simple beehive and lectern pigeonhouses into increasingly elaborate architectural structures associated with pioneering agricultural improvements, the enclosure of estates, and the design of pleasure grounds. Tim Buxbaum is a chartered architect in private practice. This Album stems from his interest in garden architecture. Other titles for Shire by this author are: |
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Michael Worthington-Williams £3.50 978 0 7478 0038 5 (Album 238) 32 pp, 47 ills. With the exception of the Hillman Imp plant at Linwood private car production in Scotland effectively ceased with the closure of the Arrol-Johnston's factory in 1931. The story of the Scottish motor industry is the story of Argyll, Arrol-Johnston and Albion, but of these only Albion survived into modern times. At various times Scotland has supported well over fifty independent manufacturers of motor cars, motorcycles, trucks and buses and this book chronicles the rapid rise from 1897, and the slow decline of the Scottish industry which set in from 1914 onwards. Michael Worthington-Williams is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians and the Guild of Motoring Writers, a Sotheby's consultant and a regular contributor on early vehicle subjects to many magazines. |
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Graeme Cruickshank £5.99 978 0 7478 0639 4 (Album 191) 64 pp, 82 colour and 20 b/w ills. Although Scottish pottery may be traced back over many centuries, it was not until the mid eighteenth century that it became an important element in the national economy, with the levels of production dramatically increasing throughout the nineteenth century. The wares produced covered the entire range of ceramics. Considerable study of the Scottish pottery industry since the mid twentieth century has revealed the diversification of production and showed that exports and innovation were more significant than previously thought. Scottish pottery is now widely recognised as having its own distinctive character. Graeme Cruickshank was a founder member of the Scottish Pottery Society in 1973, established its archive and served as archivist for ten years. He also founded its annual magazine. Click here for other titles on ceramics.
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