Ladies' Self-Instructor in Fancy Needlework. 

 MRS. STEPHENS' PORTFOLIO 



r ART II 



Profusely Illustrated with over 400 Engravings, many occupying 

 a full page, printed in different colors. 



In one royal quarto volume. Fancy boards gilt, price S3. 50; in muslin, 

 $3.90; on very heavy paper, elegantly bound in full gilt extra, for pre- 

 sentation, $3.00. 



Containing Designs and more full instructions than any other work, for 



Crochet Knittings Applique, ISraidwork, Straw-work, 



Bugle and Bead-work, Darned Netted-work, 



Potchimanie, Embroidery, Wax Modeling, 



Fruits and Flowers in Wax, Feather 



Flowers, Painting: on Velvet, Sec, 



Together with beautiful patterns for Patchwork ; also numerous Pat- 

 terns printed in colors, for L.mbroidery, Slippers, Veils, Under Gar- 

 ments, &c. 



Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the accomplished authoress, in her preface to 

 this valuable and most comprehensive work, says : — 



"In arranging this PORTFOLIO OF FANCY NEEDLEWORK, the most beau- 

 tiful designs that could be obtained at home and abroad have beeu given ; and it 

 is impossible for any lady to desire a design, for fancy work in its various branches, 

 which will not be found in these pages. 



•• It will not be difficult for a new beginner to instruct herself entirely from this 

 book, in any branch of the art ; for the directions are so concise and simple, that 

 a person cannot fail to comprehend them almost at a glance. 



'• Being the first work of the kind published in America, wherein all branches 

 of Needlework have been considered and illustrated, it must be welcome to every 

 ^ork-table, both from its beauty and usefulness." 



From the New York Tribune. 



'' This richly illustrated volume is the first work of the kind ever published In America. It im- 

 parts instruction on the subject of Needlework of essential value to the learner, with designs that 

 must prove a very desirable acqui.sion to every lady vrho cultivates a taste of embroidery. It pre- 

 sents the most beautiful patterns tliut could be obtained at home or abroad, giving every design in 

 the various branches of fancy work which any lady could desire. The explanatory directions are so 

 concise and simple that they can be comprehended at a glance, enabling the new beginner to instruct 

 herself in every branch of the art without other aid. The volume is issued in a style of sumptuous 

 beauty, and is well adapted to ornament the drawing room table." 



From the Home Journal, New York. 



" We can hardly enumerate the different kinds of knitting, netting, and needlework illustrated in 

 these broad, white pages. Scarcely a fancy article known to the work t.ible is absent. Collars, 

 cuffs, watch cases, cushions, point lace, embroidery, leather work, wax flowers and fruit— in sbort a 

 world of beautiful designs, illustrate the work. Every page is illuminated with some beautiful de- 

 sign, accompanied with directions so minute and clear, of the way in which these things are con- 

 structed, that the study to a feminine learner, is as easy, we are told, as the alphabet. Indepen- 

 dent of its usefulness, the book is a suon, »o tilted for the table of an elegant woman, so exquisitely 

 artistic, and arranged in all its parts, that some of the more expensive kinds might be coveted for 

 their elegance alone, even if they had no other object." 



STRINGER & TOWNSEND, Publishers, 



222 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 



f£7- For sale by all the principal Booksellers throughout the country. 



N. B.— Mailed by the Publishers. Vrf.k or Postagk. on reception of the price. 



