Embroidery Collection (page 8)

Display of homemade arts and crafts. Date: circa 1920s

Margaret of Provence, consort of King Louis IX of France, died 1. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez

Lord in the court of Jean le Bon, 14th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Chlothar II, King of Neustria and King of all the Franks.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris

King William III in 1694, from a portrait by Faithorne of Robert Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by

Portrait of the painter and writer Niklaus Manuel Deutsch.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Portrait of a lady, probably a Hungarian princess, 1528.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Imperial mantle.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Womens silk jacket with puff sleeves embroidered with silver from the early 17th century.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Bodice of a 17th century noblewoman with details of embroidery.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Male and female fashion from the mid 15th century.. Top: A knight kneeling with two women from a silk embroidery in the Sakristei des Domes, Aachen

French woman wearing the fashion of June 1790.. French woman wearing the fashion of June 1790. She wears a royalist top hat with cockade, full wig, large fichu (neckerchief)

English woman in the fashion of December 1798.. English woman in the fashion of December 1798. She wears a headdress of pearls, feathers and veil, ball gown with ribbon waist, decorated bust panel

Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, as a motif in embroidery, stained glass and fabric patterns.. Lithograph by Verneuil with pochoir (stencil)

A pageboy in Le Comte de Lavernie, a five-act drama by Auguste Maquet, at the Porte St. Martin.. He wears an extravagant uniform of white, blue, gold and black with ribbons, cuffs and embroidery

English woman in the fashion of August 1798.. English woman in the fashion of August 1798. She wears a bonnet, a high-waisted dress with ribbon detail under the bust, panels joined with a brooch

English woman in the fashion of October 1797.. English woman in the fashion of October 1797. She wears a headdress with cut-out sections, a grey gown tied with ribbon under the bust

Woman of Burgos, Spain, 16th century, in a short pink jacket over a long patterned skirt and clogs.. Woman of Burgos, Spain, 16th century, from a contemporary miniature

Embroidered Signatures Tabor House
Guests at the Tabor House signed a table cloth which was then embroidered during winter evenings

WW1 The Ladys World cover - dreadnought cushion cover
Front cover of a First World War period The Ladys World Fancy Work Book featuring a topical design for a dreadnought cushion cover. Date: c.1915

Patriotic stockings
Stockings embroidered with the Allied flags, a fashionable way of showing off ones legs and patriotism during the First World War

Woven badge of the Machine Gun Corps, WW1
Woven badge of the Machine Gun Corps. Commemorative Art

Horbury House of Mercy, Wakefield - Church Embroidery Room
Church embroidery room at the Horbury House of Mercy, a home for penitent fallen women such as unmarried pregnant girls. Some of the inmates are engaged in embroidery. Date: Date unknown

Patterned stockings including patriotic flags, WW1 fashion
Two pairs of stockings with the embellishment fashionable during the First World War on the left, a pair featuring squirrels on the ankles from Peter Robinson an don the right

Queen Alexandras coronation dress worked in India
The superb overdress of Indian embroidery which was made for Queen Alexandras Coronation costume, being worked during the winter of 1901-2 in Delhi by forty of the most skilled needleworkers at

Adverts and messages commemorating the coronation
On the left, an embroidery created by the Royal School of Needlework for the makers of Capstan cigarettes (branch of The Imperial Tobacco Co.)

Couple in formal wedding photo
A couple in a formal wedding photo

Poems of Childhood -- little girl and mother
A little girl sits writing at a table, watched by her mother. Date: 1912

Romanian Woman - carrying water
Young Romanian Woman carrying water across a small stream or shallow river. Date: 1910

Romanian Woman - making fabric
A lovely postcard photograph of a Romanian woman, working at a loom (to produce the highly patterned fabric used in traditional clothing) Date: circa 1910s

Romanian Couple in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910s

Romanian Couple - Traditional Costume
Romanian Couple in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910

Romanian Villagers - Traditional costume
Romanian Villagers wearing traditional folk costume. Date: circa 1900

Romanian Woman - Traditional Costume
A Romanian Woman in traditional National costume. Date: circa 1910

Romanian Woman and watering can
Romanian Woman in traditional National costume, carrying a rather fine green watering can Date: circa1900

Advert for Army & Navy bridal gown 1934
Ivory crepe satin bridal gown. The bodice and sleeves are embroidered entirely with silver bugles and diamate. Date: 1934

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens undergarments 1913
Sale of attractive undergarments embroidered by hand. 1913

Norway - Traditional Costume - Children
Norwegian children in traditional dress. Good examples of Hardanger embroidery or Hardangersom - a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave cloth

Women wearing embroidered linen dress 1906
Side view of an Edwardian woman wearing a embroidered linen dress with high neckline and bell shaped skirt. Date: 1906

Paris Maternity Hospital
A group of women doing needlework around a table, with only one child to supervise between them, at a maternity hospital and creche in Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Fantastic Pyrgi Costume - Island of Chios, Greece
Fantastic Female Costume from the Village of Pyrgi, Island of Chios, Greece Date: circa 1906

Rich Turkish Woman in fine clothing with veil and many rings on her fingers. Date: circa 1910s

Traditional National Costume of Croatia - Bride from Sisak. Date: circa 1920s

Traditional costume from Valencia, Spain
Traditional costumes from Valencia, Spain. Date: 1910s

Norwegian Bride from Hardanger in Tradtional Costume
Norwegian Bride from Hardanger, Norway wearing traditional marital costume, including the famous crown headdress worn by the bride. Date: 1902

Norway - Traditional Costume - Mother and daughter
Norwegian Mother and daughter (and pet dog!) in traditional dress. Good examples of Hardanger embroidery or Hardangersom - a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white

Traditional Hungarian Costume - Mezokovesd
A family in traditional Hungarian Costume surrounding the Christmas tree from Mezokovesd, a town in Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen county, Northern Hungary. Date: circa 1933

Chinese Actor in elaborate costume - Singapore Date: circa 1909

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