Needlework Gallery

George Stephenson at Darlington - embroidery

Engraving of a painting by A. Rankley, "George Stephenson at Darlington in 1823." Stephenson would often drop in on Joseph Pease to talk with him about the progress of the Darlington and Stockton Railway, and Pease's daughters were usually present working on their embroidery. Stephenson, who had learnt embroidery while a brakesman at Killingworth ("while working on the pitman's buttonholes by the engine fire at nights."), and he would volunteer to instruct the girls. This picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1861.
1823

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Advert for Two "Jolly Little Books" for Little Girls

Black and white advert for Two "Jolly Little Books" for Little Girls on the inside of The Etiquette of To-day book, published by the Girl's Own Paper, circa 1914. Edited by Flora Klickmann. These books contained instructions for making many pretty articles for Dollie, for Baby, for Mother and for Auntie Date: circa 1914

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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

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