Today I am giving you a glimpse into my former life, when I was known as Liz Irvine. Back in the 1970s I was designing like a fury and my then-husband encouraged me to publish a book. The result was "Classic Posters for Needlepoint", published in 1978 by Dover Publications. All of the charted designs in this book were adapted from turn of the century posters by The Beggarstaffs, Alphonse Mucha, and others. These photos show some of the designs in the book. They aren't really great pictures as I don't own most of the pieces anymore so had to scan in old snapshots. The book is out of print now, but used copies can usually be found by Googling the title. Frequently a copy shows up on eBay or Amazon.
6 comments:
What fun! Thank you for a glimpse back into NP history, Liz.
Jane, waving from CH
Liz-
I'd love to look at them but it is saying "slide show deleted by owner"...
I hope the slide show will come back up - I had forgotten about Mucha. I loved the Dover books in the 70's, but think I missed this one. rats.
Ohh - I love Mucha - and an excuse to stitch some of his work? Hope the slide show comes back too!
Please check again. The slide show seems to working now, but I don't know for how long. I thought this new gadget didn't work and cancelled it. Now it is working. Maybe it won't stay?
Now I remember this book! this was back when needlepoint was really needlepoint. I'd love to do the Quijote tilting at windmills. I'm going to ask Bobbi Ravicz to keep an eye out for the book, as she is continuing her quest for old out of print treasures..
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