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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;techbiker, post: 4558481, member: 60629&quot;]Those are fantastic! Not trying to detract but,</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;After a young lady learned to embroider a sampler, she might attend a female academy to make a silk embroidered picture. This was a more challenging technique that became popular in the early 1800s. Subjects included classical, biblical, and historical scenes, as well as mourning pictures.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1098881" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1098881" rel="nofollow">Margaret McKay | National Museum of American History (si.edu)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Met link above mentions professional embroidery...</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_embroidery#/media/File:Jane_Allgood.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_embroidery#/media/File:Jane_Allgood.png" rel="nofollow">Jane Allgood - English embroidery - Wikipedia</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Jane_Allgood.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia: &quot;In the Georgian era, canvaswork was popular for chair coverings, footstools, screens and card tables. Embroidered pictures and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upholstery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upholstery" rel="nofollow">upholstery</a> both reflected the popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral" rel="nofollow">pastoral</a> theme of men and women in the sheep-cropped English countryside.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_embroidery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_embroidery" rel="nofollow">English embroidery - Wikipedia</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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