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Spring Animals- Embroideries from the 1930's
Spring Animals – Embroideries from the 1930’s Well, it is spring here, at least in Santa Fe. Hopefully, soon the nice weather will reach you also, although I can remember, living in New England, snow packs until May. So to celebrate the season I have selected several children-themed embroideries from the 1930’s. This is a…
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Jacquard Loom
Key Punch, Anyone? Joseph Marie Jacquard and his Automated Loom Weaving complicated designs in the 18th C was a very time consuming endeavor. Anything beyond the most simple of patterns required an additional weaver to manipulate the shed (the potential space between the warp threads). There had been many attempts to automate this process. Joseph…
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Jacquard Loom
Key Punch, Anyone? Joseph Marie Jacquard and his Automated Loom Weaving complicated designs in the 18th C was a very time consuming endeavor. Anything beyond the most simple of patterns required an additional weaver to manipulate the shed (the potential space between the warp threads). There had been many attempts to automate this process. Joseph…
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Irish Lace
They say on the 17th of March everyone is Irish, according to my grandmother. Ireland is known for many things, including shamrocks, sheep and green, green grass. For textile enthusiasts there is also Irish linen and lace. Irish linen souvenir towels There are several types of lace that were made in Ireland in…
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Irish Lace
They say on the 17th of March everyone is Irish, according to my grandmother. Ireland is known for many things, including shamrocks, sheep and green, green grass. For textile enthusiasts there is also Irish linen and lace. Irish linen souvenir towels There are several types of lace that were made in Ireland in…
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Hmong Pa ndau Embroidery
The Hmong are an ethnic people, originally from the mountainous regions of China who were relocated southward by the Chinese government (along with other tribes) in the 18th C to become one of the subgroups of Miao ethnicity. In the mid 19th C they migrated to the mountainous regions of Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam. …
My thoughts on Textile History by Margy Norrish