Embroidered Signatures Project1899: Textile Fragment

Owner
Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Museum
Region
Adelaide
Creator
Unknown
Measurements
7cm x 91cm
Historical Period/Date
20th Century (1970-1999 Late)/1899
ID Number
ESPO-059
Classifications
Buttonhole Stitch,Chain Stitch,Drawn Thread Work,Satin Stitch,Stem Stitch,Textile Fragments,

Physical Description

Cream cotton fragment where drawn thread work has been used to create a grid of signatures within a series of small squares and rectangles. Each shape contains one set of initials or a small motif (bee, foliage and flowers). Insertions of bobbin lace divide groups of squares/rectangles and there is an 8cm crochet lace border. Stitches include buttonhole, satin, chain and stem. Dated 1899 in stem stitch. Signatures are worked with white cotton thread.


Signatures

Below are the names that have been transcribed from this object. Multiple instances of a name on one object is indicated by a bracketed number after the name. A name in bold appears on other objects. Click these names to see the other objects.

A G

A M

A S

Alice

Birdie

Blanche

C B

C F L

C M

E E

E S

Eunice

F N

G

G H R

G L

G S

H E

H E (2)

Hoise, E

I S

Jone, I

L U?

Les

Lorie

Louis

M F

M O

Maude

N A F

Rhoda

W E