England, 18th century A.D. Preserved as the binding for a 'book ofmon prayers, and administration of the sacraments', in an embroidered stumpwork binding, the front cover showing Saint Anne, Mary and the Child, the back cover with a large floral design; the folio text with some handwritten amendations, title page printed in red and black. See Leonard, S., Durrant, H., ‘Stumpwork, Past & Present’ in Embroidery through the ages, Costume & Textile Association, 20th Anniversary Issue, November 2009, pp.10-12, for discussion on kg, 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.). Emil Offenbacher and Cornelius J. Hauck, with his ex-libris beneath an elaborate hand-coloured early armorial bookplate. Ex Cultured Oyster Books, 2007. Ex central London gallery.Apanied by a previous catalogue page, listed as no.10. Stumpwork is sometimes called 'raised work' and is an embroidery style in which the stitched figures are raised from the surface creating a three-dimensional effect. Historically, this type of embroidery, here probably made for an ecclesiastical vestment, was employed to decorated a variety of secular household artefacts and reached its greatest popularity by the second half of the 17th century A.D. Embroidered folio bindings are fairly umon. [No Reserve]