Lydia Sheward - Sampler - Google Art Project
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Sally Jackson - Sampler - Google Art Project
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
BLW Man's Doublet
Britain Loves Wikipedia at the Victoria and Albert Museum Man's Doublet English: Man's Doublet 1635-40 Glazed linen embroidered with linen thread Made in England Linen was normally used for linings or underw... More
Couching stitch and French knots (1904 instructions)
Diagram and instructions on how to do a couching stitch and a French knot.
Hand work in style
"Upon these four Crêpe (textile) waists are shown the favorite hand work embellishments, applique, fagoting, shirring, French knot, and herringbone stitchery. The two corsages are in wild rose and chrysanthemu... More
In Fagoting and Bruges
"The upper collar is a combination of braid, bias folds and lace stitchery. The Bruges stitch is used, both to connect the bias folds andto fill in the leaf centers. The edge of the collar is a braid, sewed on... More
Little girls' coats (1903)
"These two coats are extremely pretty. No. 1 is made of pale blue satin, lined with white silk; the coat is heavily wadded. It is shirred at the shoulder and waist. The wide sleeve is bound with ermine and set... More
French knots
French knots, from Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art by Mrs Archibald Christie, London 1920.
Sally Jackson - Sampler - Google Art Project (detail french knot)
Flower with plain stitches and french knots in the middle. Detail of another image. Sally Jackson - Sampler - Google Art Project
The dictionary of needlework - an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, an...
Tablecloth Identifier: dictionaryofnee02caul (find matches) Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches em... More
The dictionary of needlework - an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, an...
Identifier: dictionaryofnee02caul (find matches) Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, th... More
The dictionary of needlework - an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, an...
Bag for holding silks and filoselles Identifier: dictionaryofnee02caul (find matches) Title: The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the deta... More
The international encyclopedia of scientific tailor principles, for al...
Identifier: internationalenc00chri (find matches) Title: The international encyclopedia of scientific tailor principles, for all kinds and styles of garment-making ... Also designing ... embroidery, crochetin... More