Social / Cup Day at AscotSociety ladies in Ascot fashions: hobble skirts & panniers, tunic dresses, a loose fitting kimono style dress with oriental embroidery. N.B unfashionably large hats!
Dressing Shetland ShawlsWomen from the Shetland Islands dress Shetland wool shawls on large racks Date: 1908
Norwegian Types (5 / 5) - Young Norwegian wifeA Young Norwegian wife in traditional national costume Date: circa 1910s
Victoria Diamond Jubilee celebration bookmarkA beautifully embroidered silk bookmark to commemorate Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee
The Lady with the Veil, 1768, by Alexander RoslinAlexander Roslin (1718-1793). Swedish painter. The Lady with the Veil, 1768. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Irish Cottage Industries, Hand Embroidery on Linen in the Ards - another family group outside a thatched cottage, mother and daughter embroidering
Art Nouveau EmbroideryFour art nouveau embroidery designs by Ann Macbeth, one of the most gifted designers of the influential Glasgow School. Date: 1902
Romanian Women - Traditional costumeA pair of Romanian women, in traditional National costume. A particularly fine example of the highly-decorative embroidery emplyed to decorate the skirts
Royal Wedding 1947 - bride and bridesmaid dressesA fairytale wedding gown by Norman Hartnell for Princess Elizabeth, in itself a tribute to British skill in design and workmanship
Young girl of Carovilli, Molise, Italy, 19th century. She wears a kerchief artfully folded around her head, and a symmetrical motley of patterns of gold braid and embroidery
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, second wife to Henry VIII 1501-1536. Depicted as she appeared in France with Mary Tudor. She wears a gable hood chaperon with hanging tail, low-cut bodice
Evening clothing with pearls and lace 1912Fashionable evening clothing using detailed embroidered lace and decorative pearls. 1912
Fashionable women in new creations 1913Women models wearing the latest winter beautifully decorative wraps. 1913
Magazine cover design, Cat on a RoofCover design, Mon Ouvrage, a French embroidery magazine for women. Depicting a cat on a roof. Date: November 1929
Afternoon dresses by Poiret and DrecollTwo fashionable women in afternoon dresses. On the left, black decorated with metal and gold lace, by Poiret. On the right, three-piece dress in crepe de chine, red and black
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5 / 8)Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5/8) - Full-face view of a young man with hand on hip in decorated jerkin and cape with blue embroidered trousers
AdvertisementsAdvertisement for Royal Society Needlework Products showing embroidery packages. Illustration from Delineator magazine November 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923
Advert for Gorringes womens underwear 1927Advertisement for F. G Ravissant undergarments, the newest fashion of wrap-around corsets lightly boned, with dainty embroidered silk lacing and ribbon and buttoning. 1927
Old Bleach Linen Company AdvertAn advertisement for The Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd. and their new fadeless embroidered linen. Date: 1932
Costume / 13th C NobilityA medieval nobleman and his wife: he wears armour and carries a sword; her plain white dress is decorated with embroidery and ermine
English Dresses Oct 18383 gowns all with bishop sleeves, 2 with reverse cuffs, V necklines and pointed waists. Hemlines are trimmed with flounces, embroidery, rouleaux and puffing
Penelope Embroideringat 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
Slipper Pattern 1868A colourful embroidery design for the Victorian lady of leisure for a cashmere slipper based on an original Hindustanee pattern
Arab Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1906
Model wearing embroidered chemise over embroidered long knickers and stockings Date: 1920s
Illustration of a shawl with Singer machine embroidery Date: 1920s
Advert for Patons and Baldwin's tapestry wools, with a lady admiring her work Date: 1920s
Illustration of a lady wearing an elegant evening coat, with deep embroidery on the collar and cuffs. Date: 1930
Advert for Peri-Lusta cotton and embroidery threads, featuring illustration of languishing lady looking at embroidered household linens. Date: 1920s
Christian Mission children doing embroidery, China, early 1900s
Quest Embroidery ThreadFull page advertisement for Quest Embroidery Thread Date: 1928
Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). 1789, by VelazquezMaria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). Queen consort of Spain (1788-1808). Wife of Charles IV. Portrait by Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez (1763-1834), 1789. History Museum. Madrid. Spain
Anne of Austria, circa 1571, by Alonso Sanchez CoelloAnne of Austria (1549-1580). Queen of Spain, fourth wife of King Philip II. Portrait by Alonso Sanchez Coello (1531-1588), circa 1571. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
Holly Mount Orphanage, Tottington, LancashireGirls work at lace-making and embroidery at the Holly Mount Orphanage / School for Roman Catholic girls at Tottington, near Bury, Lancashire
GuenevereA portrait design which depicts the lady Guenevere, a Queen of Great Britain in Arthurian legend, wife of King Arthur. The design was made for embroidery in Red House, the home of William Morris
An Embroidered Jumper for Coronation YearKnitting pattern, An Embroidered Jumper for Coronation Year, with a lion design Date: 1953
Ernest Meissonier, French artistErnest Meissonier (1815-1891), French artist Date: circa 1850s
Rowley Hall Chinese BedroomAn illustration showing a Chinese bedroom of Rowley Hall, Staffordshire. This space is heavily themed with oriental colouring, expressed through the burnished gold background of the room
Decorated screensA screen at the royal camp during the Delhi Durbar. The Manipuri peacock is see as the decoration on the left screen and the right shows 15 indigenous birds to India
Manuel Roda y Arrieta (1706/1707-1782), 1765, by BatoniManuel Roda y Arrieta (1706/1707-1782). Spanish politician. Founder of the History Academy. Portrait by Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787), 1765. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain
CarnationsAn embroidery picture showing a vase of carnations in pink, red and dark red. Date: circa 1927
ARTHURIAN/ELAINEElaine, the lily-maid of Astolat, otherwise known as The Lady of Shalott, working on her embroidery and thinking of Lancelot for whom she dies of love
Embroiderer working on two pieces of silk cloth, Qing Dynasty. One with a bird for a civil mandarin, one with a quadruped animal for a military mandarin
Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1763-1814. In the grand costume of the empress, purple velvet manteau and dress embroidered in silver
Grand Arabian Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia - Perfume Shop (Boutique de Parfumier), also selling numerous and multiple Tourist items, curiosities and knick knacks, including traditional fabric
Queen Elizabeth II in her Coronation gownA photograph taken at the special request of the Queen in order to showcase the workmanship of the gown, the work of Norman Hartnell
Adrienne Adele Augarde (1882-1913) - an English actress and singer popular for nearly a decade on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, primarily for her roles in Edwardian musical comedy
An evening gown from Chantal, Paris, 1925. Made of almond green crepe and soft tulle draperies on the skirt and steel and silver bead embroidery Date: 1925
