Sampler making was a long established occupation for many young girls around the world from the sixteenth century onwards. Many of these samplers were intended to help the girls to acquire and show various decorative embroidery skills. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries samplers of plain (structural) sewing rather than with decorative needlework, were often made in schools.
Rabat is the modern capital of Morocco and is located along the Atlantic Ocean. It has long been known for its trade and the production of embroideries, and of embroidered door curtains (izar, pl. izur) in particular.
Rabat is the modern capital of Morocco and is located along the Atlantic Ocean, at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg and opposite the city of Salé. Rabat has long been known for its trade and the production of textiles, including embroideries.
The Stanhope Adult Education Institute, Queen Square, London, was an adult education institute that was in operation from the mid-twentieth century until 1981.
Schwalm embroidery (Schwälmer Weißstickerei) is a form of whitework embroidery that originated in Germany. In particular it is said to have come from the Schwalm region of Hesse Province, in West Central Germany (hence its alternative name: Hessenstickerei or ‘Hessen embroidery’).
Embroidery printing rollers are small, hand-held devices used to transfer a design. They were popular in some European countries during the nineteenth century and were often used as an aid to the production of domestic embroidery, especially for the decorative edges of undergarments. Removable rollers with suitable handles were produced by various commercial firms (especially in France) and sold for the domestic market.
The Keiskamma Art Project includes a group of about 130 South African artists and craftspeople who initially specialised in hand embroidery and tapestry weaving, but who have now expanded to include other media. The Keiskamma Art Project was set up in 2000 by Dr. Carol Hofmeyr (South Africa), Jan Chalmers (UK) and Jackie Jezewski (France).
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Point de Milan is a type of tape lace that was produced in Belgium in the first half of the twentieth century. It uses straight tapes with needlepoint fillings.
A table cover is a textile of some kind that covers all or part of the top of a table. It can take the form of, for example, a table carpet, table cloth or table runner.
The Royal Hellenic School of Needlework and Laces, Athens, was an industrial school set up in 1897 for the production of textiles, and especially that of embroidery.