The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds a piece of cloth, originally perhaps intended as a bed spread but later used as upholstery for a chair, which is in fact a beautiful piece of chintz (sits in Dutch), perhaps originating from India, dating to c. 1700. Made of cotton with silk thread (ari-) embroidery, it measures 56 x 51 cm. It is decorated with scrolls and floral motifs.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses a number of prints of the same etching, which was made by the Leiden craftsman, Pieter de Mare (1758-1796), after a drawing by the Leiden artist, Frans van Mieris (1635-1681). The etching and prints were made between 1768 and 1784. The print measures 24.4 x 19.4 cm.
See bi-coloured cross stitch. Also referred to as the checked cross stitch.
The Museum für Kunst and Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany, houses an Osterteppich ('Easter carpet') that has been dated to AD 1504 and was apparently made at Klosterlüne, Germany. It measures 450 x 420 cm and is made of linen and wool and embroidered with the Kloster stitch.
An aumônière is a type of pastry, but it also a medieval term for a small purse or pouch, in English also called an alms or almoner purse or pouch. The term aumônière was generally used in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The purses were often embroidered.
Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) was an important nineteenth century British artist, critic, and industrial designer, who played an important role in the Arts and Crafts Movement, trying to relate this movement to industrial production, and was closely linked to other important designers of the period, such as Walter Crane and William Morris. He also worked for the Wedgwood company, for Maw & Co, and Pilkington.
Adelheid von Rothschild (1853-1935) was the daughter of Ferdinand von Rotschild, and she married her French cousin, Edmond de Rothschild in 1877. Like her father and her aunt, Alice von Rothschild, she was a great collector of art, and she focussed in particular on costumes and textiles, and accessories, from the eighteenth century.
Alice Charlotte von Rothschild was born in 1847 in Frankfurt as the eighth and youngest child of Anselm and Charlotte von Rothschild. She was the sister of another great, nineteenth century collector, Ferdinand von Rothschild. In 1875, Alice von Rothschild acquired the Eythrope estate, close to the Waddesdon Manor of her brother, Ferdinand. When her brother died in 1898, she inherited Waddesdon.
Ferdinand James Anselm von Rothschild was born in Paris in 1839 as the second son of Baron Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874) and his English wife, Charlotte von Rothschild (née Rothschild, 1807–1859). In 1874 he bought the Waddesdon estate in Buckinghamshire and commissioned the building of Waddesdon Manor.
Robert Lehman (1891-1969) was an American entrepreneur and art collector. He was for many years the head of the banking firm of the Lehman Brothers, the collapse of which in 2008 led to the subsequent world-wide financial crisis.
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Philip Lehman (1861-1947) was the son of Emanuel Lehman (1827-1907), the founder of the investment firm of Lehman Brothers, which went defunct in 2008. He started collecting art in 1911, and upon his death bequeathed the major part of his collection to his son, Robert Lehman (1891-1969).
Sir William Burrell Jr. (1861-1958) was a Scottish shipping magnate and art collector. He donated his art collection, including textiles, to the city of Glasgow in 1944; a large part of the collection was first shown to the public in 1983, in Pollok Country Park, south of Glasgow.
Sir Julius Charles Wernher (1850-1912) was a German born entrepreneur who moved to England in 1871 and became very successful in the gold and diamond trade in South Africa (so-called Randlord). He also became an art collector, and his collection included many textiles.
The Whitworth Art Gallery ("The Whitworth") in Manchester was established in 1889 with the name of the Whitworth Institute and Park, on the basis of a bequest by Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803-1887). The founder was Robert Darbishire. Since 1958 it forms part of the Victoria University of Manchester (now the University of Manchester).