Embroidered Bookbindings

The book was embroidered and translated by Princess Elizabeth, and was as a gift to Queen Katharine Parr, Henry VIII's last wife and Elizabeth's stepmother. It is bound in blue cloth and embroidered with silver thread. Katharine Parr's initials appear in the center of the cover.

Also online at www.archive.org/details/englishbookbindings00davenuoft

Instructions for creating a removable embroidered bookcover (for notebooks, scrapbooks, etc.)

The history of embroidere d bookbindin gs (mostly English) with photos and drawings of examples of various types.

In the 16th and 17th centuries embroidery came into fashion in England, and embroidered bookbindings were most popular under the Tudors and Stuarts.