Embroidered Collection (#12)

Traditional costume from Valencia, Spain
Traditional costumes from Valencia, Spain. Date: 1910s

Norwegian Bride from Hardanger in Tradtional Costume
Norwegian Bride from Hardanger, Norway wearing traditional marital costume, including the famous crown headdress worn by the bride. Date: 1902

Three Russian women in traditional costume off boating
Three Russian women in traditional costume head off for a boating jaunt on a still lake (or a very wide river - possibly the Volga?). Date: circa 1902

Russian Countrywoman in traditional costume Date: 1902

Kathleen Courtney as Princess Badroulboudoir in Aladdin
Actress Miss Kathleen Courtney in the role of Princess Badroulboudoir in the pantomime Aladdin. Date: circa 1907

Oriental Turkish Beauty - Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

Izmir, Turkey - Two young toddlers in Traditional costume Date: circa 1902

A Languid girl from Southern Russia
Languor A pretty girl from one of the southern Turcic States of Russia with her hand placed luxuriantly behind her neck - giving the a; ppearance of a dreamy, lazy mood (hence the title of the piece)

Alme - Bauty from the Caucasus
" Alme" - a Russian beauty from one of the Southern Turcic States (Turkmenistan?). Date: 1904

Traditional Hungarian Costume - Mezokovesd
A family in traditional Hungarian Costume surrounding the Christmas tree from Mezokovesd, a town in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen county, Northern Hungary. Date: circa 1933

Russian girl Natalka - in traditional costume. Date: circa 1910

Chinese Actor in elaborate costume - Singapore Date: circa 1909

Madeira, Portugal - Embroidery
Madeira, Portugal - Embroiderers working on traditional Madeiran Embroidery. The hand embroidery of Madeira is generally recognised as being the finest of its kind available in the world

Bird and flower embroidered hanging 1922

Apple tree embroidery 1922

Womens dress embroidered with leaf decorations and inlaid with precious stones (late 18th c.). SPAIN. Barcelona. Textile and Clothing Museum

Embroidered altar frontal with the Adoration of the Kings. Gothic art. Tapestry. Proc: SPAIN. Sant Joan de les

Chinese Funeral - Rangoon - I saw no bier, but the children had been able to, right from the school balconies, set out in the street under a richly embroidered drapery

Arab man and his horse
An arab man and his horse, the latter wearing a decorative saddle and bridle. Date: early 20th century

Embroidered bouquet
From a needlework and dressmaking magazine.Date: 1933

Bolivian dancer in decorated costume
The translation of the caption of this card is rather lovely: " A great dancer in fancy dress embroidered in gold" La Paz, Bolivia Date: circa 1910s

Romanian women from Campulung
A group of Romanian women from Campulung (or Cimpulung) - a city in the Arges County, Wallachia, Romania Date: circa 1905

Romania - Woman in National Costume Date: 1906

Traditional Romanian Costume
A studio photographic portrait of a reclining man wearing traditional Romanian Costume Date: 1907

Romania - Jewish Romanians Date: circa 1900

Australia forever - patriotic card
Hand-sewn patriotic postcard, bearing the Australian flag and the slogan Australia For Ever. Date: circa 1915

Romanian Woman by the well
A Romanian woman standing by the village well. This is likely to be a lever-action well, where the bucket and rope are attached to a long wooden lever

Venetian Dress
A beautiful traditional Venetian dress, embroidered brocade worn with a becoming lace shawl. Date: 18th century

Elegant woman in visiting dress by Beer
An elegant young woman wearing a coral pink visiting dress in satin crepe with pearl and diamante embroidery on the skirt and a matching long scarf, by Beer. 1924

Three dresses by Beer, Premet and Martial et Armand
Three fashionable women wearing evening dresses. On the left, a salmon pink narrow strap tubular satin crepe casino dress with embroidered silver pearls and a green fan detail at the hip, by Beer

Lady in Greek Costume
Lady in Greek costume of the Peloponnese, photographed in Athens. Date: circa 1910s

Russian soldiers with regimental colour, Salonika, WW1
Russian soldiers with the regimental colour at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. The banner is made of white silk, with an embroidered motto saying God is with us

Two young ladies in dresses by Jeanne Lanvin
Two fashionable young ladies wearing dresses by Jeanne Lanvin. On the left, an afternoon dress in raspberry-coloured crepe with silver embroidery

Little girl with garland of flowers
A little girl with a garland of flowers on a wooden frame. (2 of 2) Date: 1915

Two ladies in dresses by Doeuillet
Two fashionable ladies wearing tubular dresses by Doeuillet. On the left, a black sleeveless satin casino dress with scoop neckline and pleated handkerchief hemline

Two young ladies in dresses by Doucet
Two fashionable young ladies in sleeveless afternoon dresses by Doucet. On the left, a black silk chiffon and tulle tubular dress embroidered with white pearls

Hungarian Mother & Child
A young mother in traditional embroidered costume, tucking her baby into its cot, covered in traditional embroidered bedclothes, Talma, Hungary. Date: 1930s

ITALIAN SENORITA
A lovely Italian senorita, dressed in her richly embroidered National Costume, Date: 1930s

Chodenland Girl Spinner
A girl of Chodenland, (Bohemia, Czechoslovakia), spinning flax wrapped around a distaff, which is always tied around a ribbon embroidered with many colours. Date: 1930s

Venetian Costume
A lovely Italian girl wearing one of the heavily embroidered costumes of a district near Venice. Date: 1930s

Making Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation robe
Miss Ruby Essan of Wimbledon engaged in her task of making the embroidered crown for the coronation robe of Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal School of Needlework

Young lady in black and red dress by Martial et Armand
Young lady wearing a black and red crepe dress with red embroidered flowers, by Martial et Armand. 1924

Two dresses by Martial et Armand and Bernard
Two fashionable ladies wearing the latest dress designs. On the left, a long sleeved pink crepe two tier dress with dark pink velvet trim and matching brimmed hat, by Martial et Armand

Two ladies in outfits by Doucet

Young lady in white tubular dress by Beer
Young lady wearing white tubular crepe dress, bateau neckline, sash around hips, with a blue embroidered scene and blue hem, by Beer. 1924

Three young ladies in dresses by Beer
Three young ladies wearing dresses by Beer. On the left, a sleeveless black dress with white large pebble print, sash around hips and red bow

Russian Berlin Work Pattern with a spider and his web. Date: 1937

Two sleeveless evening dresses by Doeuillet
Two fashionable sleeveless evening dresses by Doeuillet. On the left, a v-necked green dress with gold speckles. On the right, a black crepe dress with embroidered scoop neck

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