Posts Tagged ‘embroidery’

Antique Work Table with Bags

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

TABLESĀ  work, with bags beneath
The work table fitted out with receptaces for needlework and embroidery implements as used by the ladies of the household, did not appear until the later part of the eighteenth century. Chippendale did not illustrate
them, but Sheraton, true to form, showed a variety of ingenious designs. They must have been very [...]