Embroidery Collection (page 3)

Marie d Hautefort, wife of Charles de Schomberg, 1616-1691
Marie d Hautefort, wife of Charles de Schomberg, favourite of Louis XIV, 1616-1691. She wears her hair in ringlets, a mantua dress in blue silk with lace collar and sleeves

Leonora Dori Galigai, wife of Concino Concini, exorcist and witch, 1571-1617. She wears her hair loose under a bonnet, a velvet dress with lace collar and cuffs

Margaret of Valois, first wife of King Henry IV, 1552-1615
Margaret of Valois, Marguerite de France, daughter of King Henry II, first wife of King Henry IV, 1552-1615. Portrait from 1572 showing her in high upright lace collar

Marie Touchet, mistress of King Charles IX of France, 1549-1638. Daughter of an apothecary. She wears a bonnet on top of a chaperon, a ruff collar

Louise of Lorraine, wife of King Henry III of France, 1534-1601. She wears a small cap headdress, upright lace collar, surtout decorated with pearls and jewels, fur sleeves

Mary Stuart of Scotland, wife of King Francis II of France, 1542-1587. She wears a lace cap, green surtout with shoulder pads and band of gold embroidery, damask petticoat

Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of King Henry
Elisabeth of Valois, wife of King Philip II of Spain, daughter of King Henry II of France, 1545-1568. She wears a jeweled cap, lace ruff collar, and rich

Isabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour to Queen
Isabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour and spy for Queen Catherine de Medici of France, 1535-1609. She wears a lace headress, lace collar, and austere black dress decorated with black embroidered bands

Catherine de Medici, Queen of France, wife of King Henry II, 1519-1589. She wears a jeweled cap, lace ruff collar, surtout with high shoulder pads

Mary Tudor, queen to King Louis XII of France, 1496-1533
Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England, queen to King Louis XII of France, 1496-1533. She wears a gable hood, a blue velvet surtout trimmed with gold embroidery, fur sleeves called rebras

Diane of Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France, 1499-1566. She wears a chaperon headress that ties under the chin, pink velvet surtout with puffed and slashed sleeves trimmed with ermine

Francoise de Foix, Countess of Chateaubriand, 1475-1537
Francoise de Foix, Countess of Chateaubriand, mistress of King Francis I of France, 1475-1537. She wears a chaperon headdress trimmed with gold cloth at the front

Catherine de Medicis, queen of Henry II of France, 1519-1589. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Hargrave from The Ladys Magazine and Museum of the Belles Lettres, Fine Arts, Drama

Tablecloth with images of the wedding of Count
Tablecloth in white canvas decorated with images of the wedding of Count Poppo von Henneberg and Sophia von Braunschweig, with musicians, music notation, and courtiers dancing

Embroidered tablecloth with flowers and coats of arms, 1562. From the Sigmaringen art collection. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Costumes of Kyrgyz men and woman
Costumes of Kyrgyz men with their distinctive hats, and a rear view of a woman in robes with shawl, embroidery, fringes, etc

Audience of the Dutch with Garcia II of Kongo, 1642. The large red velvet throne was embroidered with Don Alvaro King of Kongo

Woman in the Knights Cross Chignon with fichu bonnet
Rear view of a woman in the Knights Cross Chignon with fichu bonnet embroidered with pearls. Chignon en Croix de Chevalier

Chinese lady with her children in her house, Qing Dynasty. She sits embroidering in an alcove next to a window on the garden

Male and female Mandarins (magistrates) in summer dress, imperial court of China. Embroidered square on their tunic reveals their rank and type: bird for civil, animal for military

French Herald of Arms, Roi d Armes, 1720. He wears a violet velvet coat of arms with fleurs de lis and Mont-Joye, Saint-Denis embroidered in gold on the sleeves

Page or squire, Varlet ou damoiseau, to a knight, 15th century France. He wears an embroidered surtout, red pourpoint and hose, and holds an epee and shield without coat of arms

Spring dress with Egyptian style embroidery by Isobel
A frock of fine black silk jerseylene featuring embroideries in Egyptian colourings from Isobel, of 4 Maddox Street, London. Worn with a dashing hat and cane

Elderly woman in traditional costume, France
Elderly woman in traditional costume with embroidered tunic, France. Date: 1922

Breton woman at Douarnenez, Brittany, Northern France
Breton woman in traditional costume at Douarnenez, Brittany, Northern France. She is wearing her Sunday best - during the week she works in the local sardine cannery. Date: 1922

Breton woman with her baby, Brittany, Northern France
Breton woman in traditional costume with her baby, Brittany, Northern France. Date: 1922

Young woman from Oesel Island (Saaremaa), Estonia
Young woman from Oesel Island (Saaremaa, Osel), Republic of Estonia, dressed in her bridal costume, including an elaborate headdress. Date: 1922

Middle class men and women, Bulgaria
Middle class men and women in traditional embroidered and braided costume, Bulgaria. Date: 1922

Young peasant woman, Carinthia, southern Austria
Young peasant woman in gala dress, Carinthia, southern Austria. 1922

Paget stump work
Page from The Sketch featuring two examples of stump-work - raised needlework and embroidery pictures - done for the Paget family

Embroidered flowers on a Christmas card
Embroidered flowers with embossed leaves and verse on a Christmas card. circa 1900s

Royal Society Needlework Products
Advertisement for Royal Society Needlework Products showing embroidery packages. Illustration from Delineator magazine February 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923

The Bayeux Tapestry - Norman conquest of England
The Bayeux Tapestry - an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long, depicting the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold

The Bayeux Tapestry, part 1
The Bayeux Tapestry - an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long, depicting the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold

Damsels in a Wood, by Constance and Maxwell Armfield
Damsels in a Wood, embroidery on linen by Constance and Maxwell Armfield (English Quakers and pacifists working in America), First World War. 1916

Street scene with shops in Funchal, Madeira, including Handy House (embroidery) and Casa Havaneza. Date: circa 1908

Christening robe 1868
Beautiful embroidered Christening robe. 1868

Latest fashions of elegant womens hats, advertised in Peter Robinson, store in Oxford Street, London. Date: 1905

Three German bridesmaids in national costume, with elaborate hand-embroidered head-dresses. Date: 1930s

African Emboidered Bag

Fashionable evening gowns 1909
Two women wearing the latest evening gowns from Swan and Edgars collection, model on the left is fashioned of sapphire-blue satin veiled with black ninon with panels of gold

Lattice fishtail evening gown 1910
A lattice fishtail evening gown with black embroidery and fridge over white ninon-de soie. Date: 1910

EMBROIDERED TABLECLOTH
A finely embroidered tablecloth with a floral design on it. Date: 1930s

LADIES TAPESTRY GROUP
A group of women sew tapestry panels Date: 1930s

Royal Costume 12th century
QUEEN OF HENRY II (1122?- 1204): an embroidered gown with close fitting sleeves & a girdle & a crown over a veil. A fur-lined mantle falls from her shoulders. Date: 12th cenntury

BREAKFAST TRAY PATTERN
Design for a breakfast-tray or mat. Date: 1868

ARACHNE INTO SPIDER
Arachne is metamorphosed into a spider, because she boasted that her embroidery was better than that of the goddess Athene

JAPANESE FLOWER ART
A Japanese woman practising Ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging. Date: 1930s

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