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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10395095, member: 2844&quot;]It certainly was, I have a Dutch handscreen (type of fan) with Berlin woolwork, made by nimble fingers can 1850, and have seen many other examples over the years. I believe we also have some pieces on the forum.</p><p>All women in my family (including myself) did some type of needlework, from humble cross-stitching and beading to mind-boggling Richelieu work.</p><p>But this technique is different, not made by hand.</p><p>This is the type of technique done by factories like those by the Gobelin makers in France or Merton Abbey in England.</p><p>As always the devil is in the detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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