Needlework.- Briggs & Co. Patent Transferring Papers, ?first edition, 100pp. of lithographed sample designs for embroidery transfers (some reputedly by Kate Greenaway), leaf on blue paper removed at end (?price list), contemporary ink stamp of Ponting Bros. Drapers & Outfitters of Kensington to front pastedown, original green cloth, rubbed, spine faded, Manchester, [c.1881]; another edition, chromolithographed decorative title, 168pp. of designs only (of 184, lacking pp. 13-14, 31-32, 69-78, 99-110 & 157-158), those on pp.145-146 by Greenaway, on leaf loose and frayed at edges, original brown cloth, rubbed, spine faded, New York, {c.1886] § Chromo Embroidery, Nos. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13, 8 designs on 7 broadsheets (7 & 8 on one sheet), chromolithograph designs with letterpress instructions below, c.740 x 550mm. or smaller, a couple a little browned and frayed at edges, Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, [c.1880] § Mee (Cornelia) & Mary Austin. [Designs for Chromo-Embroidery], Nos. 1 & 2, 2 broadsheets, chromolithographs, c.620 x 520mm., n.p., n.d., all the sheets rolled together in a cardboard tube; and 2 others on transfers including a trade catalogue from Briggs & Co., v.s. (a bundle)

⁂ The broadsheets are designs for an embroidered cushion, ottoman, chair back, slippers, etc. Chromo-embroidery was apparently invented by Mrs. Mee.