'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 is a design intended for embroidery showing a fruit dish on a table. 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 of the pattern book for this design explains that it is for window and armchair sewing, in long and short stitch, or shading stitch, or satin stitch encroaching on taffeta or satin or for whatever one wants to use them. The reference to 'window and armchair sewing' may indicate that the embroidery is for upholstery. Long and short stitch may be worked in any direction and it is most commonly used in embroidery. Satin stitch encroaching is used for shading areas. It is a technique that consists of long and short stitches that are worked into the stitches in the previous rows thus giving the effect of blending tones of colour.
Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, embroidery teacher, and copper-plate engraver who had her 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, embroidery teacher, and copper-plate engraver who had her 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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Materials and techniques | Engraving and etching on laid paper. |
Brief description | Design probably for embroidered upholstery, about 1742 by Margaretha Helm (1659-1742) |
Physical description | Design for a fruit dish on a table. |
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Production type | Design |
Marks and inscriptions | '44' (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 is part of four sheets, plate numbers 42, 43, 44, 45 which offer their two flower jars together with a fruit table/plate and a flower wreath for window and armchair sewing, in long and short stitch, or shading stitch, satin stitch encroaching, needlepainting. The reference to 'window and armchair sewing' may indicate that the embroidery is for upholstery. |
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Summary | This is a design intended for embroidery showing a fruit dish on a table. 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 of the pattern book for this design explains that it is for window and armchair sewing, in long and short stitch, or shading stitch, or satin stitch encroaching on taffeta or satin or for whatever one wants to use them. The reference to 'window and armchair sewing' may indicate that the embroidery is for upholstery. Long and short stitch may be worked in any direction and it is most commonly used in embroidery. Satin stitch encroaching is used for shading areas. It is a technique that consists of long and short stitches that are worked into the stitches in the previous rows thus giving the effect of blending tones of colour. Helm worked in Nuremberg as an embroiderer, embroidery teacher, and copper-plate engraver who had her 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.1169-1933 |
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Record created | April 17, 2009 |
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