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

Mordvin women wearing traditional costumes
The Mordvins or Mordva. Indigenous people of Russia of the Moksha and Erzya ethnic group. Mordvin women wearing traditional costumes. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Chaillot

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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