Embroider Collection

Lace Making - last three processes
Lace Making - Making Lace, Dressing Lace, Winding and Embroidering (2 of 2) Date: 19th century

Two ancient Greek women embroidering
An illustration of two ancient Greek women embroidering. This image was commissioned for Marcus Ward, Shakspeare Calendar design for 1923. Date: 1923

Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, 1763-1764. By the
Madame de Pompadour (Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour) (1721-1764). French courtesan, a favorite of King Louis XV. Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame, 1763-1764

Advert for John Barker & Co, lace slips 1906
Charming hand-made Paris colour or white guipure and Valencienne lace slip, lined throughout with chiffon, suitable for evening wear and theatre. 1906

Visit from boyfriend. Engraving after a painting by Luis Jim
Visit from boyfriend. Engraving by Severini after a painting of Luis Jimenez Aranda (1845-1928). The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886. Colored

Embroidered dog on a cushion with gold edging
Embroidered dog sitting on a cushion with an ornate gold edging, stuck onto card. Date: circa 1890s

Embroidered palm trees with gold edging
Embroidered palm trees and flowers on fabric with an ornate gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Embroidered fruit trees with gold edging
Embroidered fruit trees and flowers on fabric with an ornate gold edging, stuck onto card with a greeting in German below. Date: circa 1890s

Summer frocks 1907
Two women wearing charming summer frocks, (left) white muslin with black spots, valenciennes lace and narrow rouleaux of pale blue silk

Women in dust cloak 1907
Edwardian woman wearing a charming loose cloak without sleeves in shantung, silk trimmed with red and black embroideries. 1907

Piano cover 1887
The top of the piano is covered with dark blue plush lined with satin or (with any other colour that better suits the carpet and furniture)

Cross-shaped embroidered bookmark -- To dear Charley, 1875, with love, AF. Date: 1875

Embroidering, India - Manufacturing decorated Fabric
Three generations of Indian Embroiderers - Manufacturing beautifully decorated clothing fabric. Date: 1906

EMBROIDERY
Photograph of a young woman sitting working on an embroidery ring

Sewing Underwear
Photograph showing a woman adding trim and finishing touches to underclothes in 1911

Thermometer Frame 1868
Everyone knows that thermometers need to be kept snug and warm, so readers of the magazine are invited to embroider this cosy frame for their instrument

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