Embroidering Collection

Irish Cottage Industries, Hand Embroidery on Linen in the Ards - another family group outside a thatched cottage, mother and daughter embroidering

Penelope Embroidering
at work on her embroidery, which she will unstitch at night to avoid remarriage; Odysseus faithful dog Argus, at her side, awaits, as she does, his masters return

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

Private quarters of an Ottoman official. Officials in robes sit on a divan in a large carpeted room. Appartement d un ministre de la Porte

Embroidering King Edward VIIs Coronation Robes
Needlewomen embroidering King Edward VIIs coronation robes at the Royal School of Art Needlework. 1902

Scene in a gynaeceum, womens quarters, Ancient Greece. One woman teaching her children, another playing with a baby, others embroidering, reading and spinning

EMBROIDERING LADY
A lady is seated at her embroidery frame, while sharing the gossip of her two visitors Date: circa 1840

LADY EMBROIDERING 1874
A lady embroidering Date: circa 1874

Traditional female accomplishments
Three young women demonstrating traditional female accomplishments -- reading, embroidery, and playing the piano. Date: 1858

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

Embroidering a Bedspread, Ards District - a family group outside a thatched cottage, mother and daughter embroidering. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Newtownards). Date: circa early 1900s

Flowering, Carrowdore - a view of a woman embroidering with a little girl outside a thatched cottage on the main street. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Carrowdore). Date: circa early 1900s

The Embroidery Frame by Bertha Newcombe
A young Victorian woman using an embroidery frame, a sewing box next to her and an example of her work, in the form of a sampler, seen on the wall behind her. Date: 1905

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

Carpet Embroidering
Two operatives are required for the Embroidering Machine which produces carpets with floral and other designs for the Victorian home

Textiles Lace
Lace-running or embroidering on a frame, Nottingham

Traditional female accomplishments
Three young women demonstrating traditional female accomplishments -- reading, embroidery, and playing the piano

Queen Matildas Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is made; one theory is that it was made by Queen Matilda, the wife of William I, as shown here

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