Featured Are These From Fairy Tales

I feel like these may depict fairy tale scenes. Haven't found any similar images though. One looks like students following the school master, another someone with a whip to spank a child (yikes), a Victorian couple, a mother walking with child, etc. Any thoughts?

 

i see slice of life images.....no fairy tales..

 

They’re charming!

 

This was a fun bit of research for me so thought I would provide an update.

Therese de Dillmont offered a "window into the past" with her cross stitch designs. Many of her designs centered around the human form and the relationship between youth and old age - School teachers with students, father with daughter, mother with son, sisters holding hands.

wikipedia:
"Thérèse de Dillmont (10 October 1846 – 22 May 1890) was an Austrian needleworker and writer. Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework (1886) has been translated into 17 languages.[1] She owned a string of shops in European capitals and she was "one of the most important pioneers in the international and multicultural enterprise of hobby needlework in the late nineteenth century.

Dillmont's name was an asset to the DMC company and they continued to publish books under her name after her death..."

 

Hello @acvintage

Lovely linens! All the images are available as cross stitch patterns for free on the DMC website. There are 80+ free patterns from Therese de Dillmont alone.

https://www.dmc.com/us/patterns-5041,collection-therese-de-dillmont-5-420/

 

Yes, thank you @PepperAnna. I found that site when I was researching. Very helpful.

 

Thank you for the update. Very interesting!