Anna Katherine Green (1846-1935) was a bestselling American writer whose first crime fiction novel The Leavenworth Case. A Lawyer's Story (published in 1878) and subsequent books, featuring Amelia Butterworth as the prototype of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (see here), became required reading at Yale University’s Law School in order to demonstrate the dangers of only using circumstantial evidence.
The Kaiserlich-Königliche Fachschule für Kunststickerei ('Imperial and Royal Vocational School for Art Embroidery') in Vienna was founded in 1874 by Emilie Bach with the support of Anton, Freiherr von Banhans, at that time the Minister of Trade. Emile Bach was its first director. The School was apparently closed in 1918.
The Textile Museum of Canada (TMC) in Toronto is fully dedicated towards the exhibition, collection, conservation and study of textiles, as a medium for cultural understanding. It has a collection of some 13000 items that cover 2000 years of history, and originate from all over the world. The museum has been particularly active in the digitization of its collection and the development of an interactive environment.
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Self-couching is a technique whereby the laid thread and the couching thread are one and the same. Types of self couching are Bokhara couching and Roumanian couching. GVE
Hanna Mathilda Winge (née Tengelin; 1838-1896) was a Swedish designer and painter, who created various designs for embroideries. She was the daughter of Johan Thimotheus Tengelin (a blacksmith) and Anna Maria Hultman.
The Owl Panel, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is an embroidered wall hanging worked in silk on a green silk damask ground material, with a cotton lining. The panel dates to the late nineteenth century. The design, officially called 'The Owl', was created by John Henry Dearle (1860-1932) around 1895. The design was sold in the form of a kit by Morris & Co. This particular example was stitched by Mrs. Battye c. 1900.