Kunst-und Fleiss-übende Nadel-Ergötzungen oder neu- erfundenes Neh- und Stick-Buch
Embroidery Design
ca.1725 (made)
ca.1725 (made)
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One of the printed designs is for embroidery, with drawn-thread work, for a panel of a gown. Drawn-thread work is a form of counted-thread work in which the embroidery threads are used to pull the fabric threads apart. This creates an openwork pattern of holes and stitching. The other design is for a textile in needlepoint lace with borders embroidered with picots. Picots are small projecting loops or points usually formed to decorate an edge. They are from a pattern book for embroidery (about 1725) by Margaretha Helm (neé Mainberger) (born in 1659 in Deiningen, died in 1742 in Nuremberg, Germany).
Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, a teacher of embroidery and a copperplate engraver who had her designs published by Johann Christoph Weigel. The V&A has a series of pattern books for embroidery in three parts by Margaretha Helm of which this volume is Part I. It is entitled Kunst-und Fleiss-übende Nadel-Ergötzungen oder neu- erfundenes Neh- und Stick-Buch or
The Delights of the Art and Industry of the practising Needle or the newly invented Sewing and Embroidery Book .
Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, a teacher of embroidery and a copperplate engraver who had her designs published by Johann Christoph Weigel. The V&A has a series of pattern books for embroidery in three parts by Margaretha Helm of which this volume is Part I. It is entitled Kunst-und Fleiss-übende Nadel-Ergötzungen oder neu- erfundenes Neh- und Stick-Buch or
The Delights of the Art and Industry of the practising Needle or the newly invented Sewing and Embroidery Book .
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Materials and techniques | Engraving and etching on laid paper |
Brief description | Printed design probably for embroidery for a panel of a gown, about 1725, by Margaretha Helm (1659-1742). |
Physical description | Printed design for stylised continuous floral borders featuring swirling flowers and leaves with heavily etched decorative elements and some indication of picot bordering. Picots are small projecting loops or points usually formed to decorate an edge. These designs were printed horizontally but have been pasted in to the album vertically. |
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Production type | Design |
Marks and inscriptions | 'Noch ein Riß'
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Production | These printed designs by Helm are catalogued as by Helmin, feminine form of Helm, in the Micromedia online catalogue. |
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Summary | One of the printed designs is for embroidery, with drawn-thread work, for a panel of a gown. Drawn-thread work is a form of counted-thread work in which the embroidery threads are used to pull the fabric threads apart. This creates an openwork pattern of holes and stitching. The other design is for a textile in needlepoint lace with borders embroidered with picots. Picots are small projecting loops or points usually formed to decorate an edge. They are from a pattern book for embroidery (about 1725) by Margaretha Helm (neé Mainberger) (born in 1659 in Deiningen, died in 1742 in Nuremberg, Germany). Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, a teacher of embroidery and a copperplate engraver who had her designs published by Johann Christoph Weigel. The V&A has a series of pattern books for embroidery in three parts by Margaretha Helm of which this volume is Part I. It is entitled Kunst-und Fleiss-übende Nadel-Ergötzungen oder neu- erfundenes Neh- und Stick-Buch or The Delights of the Art and Industry of the practising Needle or the newly invented Sewing and Embroidery Book . |
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Accession number | E.3389-1932 |
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Record created | April 3, 2009 |
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