'Part II: Fortgesetzter Kunst- und Fleiss-übender Nadel- auch Laden-Gewirck- Ergötzungen oder des neu-erfundenen Neh und Stick Buchs Anderer Theil'
Embroidery Design
ca. 1742 (made)
ca. 1742 (made)
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This design features a large acanthus motif. It is from a pattern book for embroidery (about 1742) by Margaretha Helm (neé Mainberger) (born in 1659 in Deiningen, died in 1742 in Nuremberg, Germany). The information in the preface containing this design states that it could also be used in all kinds of manners, but that it would be especially useful to satin, brocade, and damask weavers.
Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, a teacher of embroidery and a copperplate engraver who had these designs re-published by Christoph Weigel the Younger (1702-1777). The V&A has a series of pattern books for embroidery in three parts by Margaretha Helm of which this volume is Part II. It is entitled Fortgesetzter Kunst- und Fleiss-übender Nadel- auch Laden-Gewirck-Ergötzungen oder des neu-erfundenen Neh und Stick Buchs Anderer Theil or Further Delights of the Art and Industry of the practising Needle and Loom; or the newly invented Sewing and Embroidery Book Another part.
Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, a teacher of embroidery and a copperplate engraver who had these designs re-published by Christoph Weigel the Younger (1702-1777). The V&A has a series of pattern books for embroidery in three parts by Margaretha Helm of which this volume is Part II. It is entitled Fortgesetzter Kunst- und Fleiss-übender Nadel- auch Laden-Gewirck-Ergötzungen oder des neu-erfundenen Neh und Stick Buchs Anderer Theil or Further Delights of the Art and Industry of the practising Needle and Loom; or the newly invented Sewing and Embroidery Book Another part.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving and etching on graph paper |
| Brief description | Design fro embroidery about 1742 by Margaretha Helm (1659-1742) |
| Physical description | Design features a large acanthus motif. The design is folded in to the album on graph paper. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | '23' (Plate number in ink at bottom right.) |
| Production | These printed designs by Helm are catalogued as Helmin, the feminine form of Helm, in the Micromedia online catalogue. Attribution note: The information in the preface for this design states that it can also be used in all kinds of manners, but it will be especially useful to the satin, brocade and damask weavers. This belongs with plate numbers 22 (E.1147-1933) and 24 (E.1149-1933) which is a design on 3 sheets but they have not been joined for practical reasons and to avoid tearing them. |
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| Summary | This design features a large acanthus motif. It is from a pattern book for embroidery (about 1742) by Margaretha Helm (neé Mainberger) (born in 1659 in Deiningen, died in 1742 in Nuremberg, Germany). The information in the preface containing this design states that it could also be used in all kinds of manners, but that it would be especially useful to satin, brocade, and damask weavers. Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, a teacher of embroidery and a copperplate engraver who had these designs re-published by Christoph Weigel the Younger (1702-1777). The V&A has a series of pattern books for embroidery in three parts by Margaretha Helm of which this volume is Part II. It is entitled Fortgesetzter Kunst- und Fleiss-übender Nadel- auch Laden-Gewirck-Ergötzungen oder des neu-erfundenen Neh und Stick Buchs Anderer Theil or Further Delights of the Art and Industry of the practising Needle and Loom; or the newly invented Sewing and Embroidery Book Another part. |
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| Accession number | E.1148-1933 |
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| Record created | April 17, 2009 |
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