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tunic
Labelled as "Saffron embroidered tunic" of heavy cotton with machine embroidered whirl pattern on the front and cuffs. There is a "whipping" effect of the machined stitches.
Venetian embroidery
A piece with net backing and applied embroidered linen with silk floss. It includes whip stitch on the borders of the motifs and a range of other stitches. The embroidery is faded.
hand towel
before 1947
This item is embroidered at both ends with geometric plant and house motifs producing a border pattern. The plant patterns may be a version of the tree of life motif. The stitch technique used is mai...
napkin
This item is embroidered at both ends with a continuous border pattern of stylised rose and leaf motifs which are geometric in character. The patterning techniques used mainly consist of satin stitch...
hand towel
before 1947
This item is embroidered at each end with repeating stylised plant motifs. One of these is slightly wider than the other, and is decorated with flowers and a pair of birds at the top. This may be a ...
sewing samples for examination
mid 20th Century
A group of 31 samples (all but one on grey card) and a handwritten note in red ink by the tutor. Samples display different sewing techniques, often on patterned mid-century type fabric, and a few hav...
kerchief
before 1910
This kerchief or towel is embroidered with a 12cm wide border design at either end. The pattern is composed of alternating house forms, cypress tree and flower motifs, with bird like figures, coverin...