Handicraft Collection (page 2)

WW1 knitting - patriotic postcard
" We Must All Do Something for Our Country!" Two children sit on a doorstep knitting comforts for soldiers out of khaki wool

Malmo, Sweden - The Strandpaviljongen (Beach Pavilion) - a popular summer restaurant built in 1896 for the Nordic Industry and Handicraft Exhibition

Lady from Georgia using a Singer Sewing Machine, pictured with two other women working on needlecraft and a male musucian, sitting on the floor surrounded by elegant cushions. Date: 1894

Women doing needlework, Sweden 1920s. Date: 1920s

Tanzania - Native Potter, Kigoma Date: circa 1930s

Cottage industry in Smaland, Sweden Date: 1940s

Motherhood Lessons
Young ladies learning how to be good mothers by caring for a baby during a motherhood lesson at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

Womens work service in Germany
Womens work service working on handicrafts in Germany in the 1930s

Bethlehem - Working Mother-of-Pearl
Working Mother-of-Pearl used (amongst other things) in the decoration of furniture and small decorative items in Bethlehem, then very much part of the Ottoman Empire

Girl Learning Lacework
A schoolgirl learning the art of lacework at the London County Council Handicraft School

Learning to Weave
A girl learning to weave on a loom at the London County Council Handicraft School

Girls Making Stools
Two girls making chairs or stools at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

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