Sometimes books want to go out in a fancy sweater.
According to the bookplate, Mary
Sandwith (1732-1815) was given this Bible by her grandfather in 1736, when she
was a small child. She likely made the needlepoint woolen cover in the Bargello
style, or flame stitch, when she was around eleven years old. The spine has the
words “Mary Sandwith her BIBLE 1743” embroidered to look like a book label.
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Sometimes books want to go out in a fancy sweater.
According to the bookplate, Mary
Sandwith (1732-1815) was given this Bible by her grandfather in 1736, when she
was a small child. She likely made the needlepoint woolen cover in the Bargello
style, or flame stitch, when she was around eleven years old. The spine has the
words “Mary Sandwith her BIBLE 1743” embroidered to look like a book label.
