Oh, there was so much inspiration from Anne's posts last week! Browsing the
Victoria & Albert Museum website, I was amazed by their needlework collection (although, really, should I have been surprised!?! I
adore that museum!). Here are a few lovely English pieces that caught my eye ~ I particularly like the little skeins of embroidery thread (see above).
(images, from top: English
embroidery silk, 1800-1850, T.436G-1966; Martha Edlin,
purse, 1670-1680, embroidered silk, T.435-1990; and Hannah Haines,
pocket, 1718-1720, linen embroidered with silk thread, T.42-1935, all courtesy Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Oh, there was so much inspiration from Anne's posts last week! Browsing the Victoria & Albert Museum website, I was amazed by their needlework collection (although, really, should I have been surprised!?! I adore that museum!). Here are a few lovely English pieces that caught my eye ~ I particularly like the little skeins of embroidery thread (see above).
(images, from top: English embroidery silk, 1800-1850, T.436G-1966; Martha Edlin, purse, 1670-1680, embroidered silk, T.435-1990; and Hannah Haines, pocket, 1718-1720, linen embroidered with silk thread, T.42-1935, all courtesy Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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