Ajisai Books

Introducing a new title in the Vintage Cross Stitch series

Our beloved book series, Vintage Cross Stitch, returns this month with a new title: Vintage Cross Stitch Flowers

The book, curated by Valentina Sardu, features wonderful full-color illustrations: 60 tables in large format, 410 x 290 mm, with over 90 cross stitch floral motifs, retraced from original charts published during the Nineteenth century and at the beginning of the Twentieth century.

Here you can see some of the antique charts used for this project…

 

Take a look at the video preview (watch in HD for a better resolution):

One of the patterns, a gorgeous cushion with poppies, has been also featured on the cover of the Italian magazine RicAmare (June 2017).

Discover all the titles in the Vintage Cross Stitch series!

 

Vintage Cross Stitch

vintage cross stitch alphabets and borders

The first collection of original cross stitch charts, from 19th and 20th Century, reproduced in large print for a more comfortable reading. Each album includes 58 colored tables with explanations in Italian, English and French and an empty grid page for the design of your own cross stitch patterns. All the titles are available internationally through several online webstores and our distributor LibroCo.

La première collection de grilles de point de croix grand format, pour réaliser avec facilité les broderies tirées des dessins originaux imprimés à cheval entre le XIX siècle et le début du XX. Chaque recueil présente 58 planches en couleurs, descriptions en italien, anglais et français et une grille vierge pour créer ses propres dessins en point de croix.

La prima collana di schemi per punto croce in grande formato, per realizzare facilmente ricami tratti da disegni originali d’epoca pubblicati tra l’Ottocento e l’inizio del Novecento. Ogni album contiene 58 tavole a colori, descrizioni in italiano, inglese e francese, e una griglia vuota per elaborare i propri schemi a punto croce.
Tutti gli album sono acquistabili anche sul sito di Marco Valerio edizioni, nei principali bookshop online e ordinabili presso qualsiasi libreria in tutta Italia.

 

Titles in this series:

Vintage Cross Stitch – ALPHABETS
FORMAT: Paperback / Broché / Brossura
SIZE: 41 x 29 cm
PAGES: 60
ISBN-13: 9788875473174

Over 50 cross stitch alphabets / Il présente plus de 50 abécédaires en point de croix / Contiene più di 50 alfabeti a punto croce.
Price: €24,00
Vintage Cross Stitch – BORDERS
FORMAT: Paperback / Broché / Brossura
SIZE: 41 x 29 cm
PAGES: 60
ISBN-13: 9788875473167

Over 300 cross stitch borders / Il présente plus de 300 bordures en point de croix / Contiene più di 300 bordure a punto croce.
Price: €24,00
Vintage Cross Stitch – VICTORIAN AGE
FORMAT: Paperback / Broché / Brossura
SIZE: 41 x 29 cm
PAGES: 60
ISBN-13: 9788875474270

Over 170 Victorian motifs / Il présente plus de 170 motifs victoriens / Contiene più di 170 motivi vittoriani.
Price: €24,00
Vintage Cross Stitch – FLOWERS
FORMAT: Paperback / Broché / Brossura
SIZE: 41 x 29 cm
PAGES: 60
ISBN-13: 9788875474508

Over 90 cross stitch floral motifs / Il présente plus de 90 motifs floraux en point de croix / Contiene più di 90 motivi floreali a punto croce.
Price: €24,00

 

 

Historical Model Books

historical model books - Ajisai Press

A collection of rare historical modelbuchs (pattern books) reprints.

Titles in this series:

Rosina Helena Fürst – Neues Modelbuch 1650
FORMAT: Paperback / Broché / Brossura
SIZE: 20 x 28 cm
PAGES: 124
ISBN-13: 9788875473334

In this work, published around 1650 in Nuremberg, we can admire some of the beautiful drawings of Rosina Helena Fürst; more than fifty patterns to be used for embroidery on knitwear or for tapestry stitches, among which cross stitch, with beautiful geometrical shapes and flowers with one or two colours in barocco style, and approximately twenty patterns for needle point laces.
Price: €24,00
Alex Paganino – BURATO, Libro de recami 1527
FORMAT: Paperback / Broché / Brossura
SIZE: 20 x 28 cm
PAGES: 114
ISBN-13: 9788875473310

Four books of one of the most famous and antique renaissance collections in Italy of patterns (back stitch and cross stitch) to be embroidered on “burato” or canvas, and patterns for embroidery and ornate borders for dresses and robes of ladies and gentlemen of that time.
Price: €24,00