The House of Worth, 1858-1954 author-mike-jay many drawn from the collection

many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

This inspiring book will give you the skill and confidence to express your passion for pattern through the age-old craft of decorative stitching

promoting a belief that design need not follow rules

some of them sadistic

all is suffused by a distinctively Swedish freshness and by the northern light

The House of Worth, 1858-1954 author-mike-jay many drawn from the collectionThe first illustrated monograph dedicated to the history of the House of Worth, the worlds first haute couture house, founded by Charles Frederick Worth in Paris in 1858. Arriving in Paris in 1845, at the age of twenty and with only a few francs in his pocket, Charles Frederick Worth would go on to build the most prominent, innovative and successful fashion house of the century. Worth was inspired by a love of fine art, luxurious fabrics and his