Embroidery patterns and designs, [ca. 1804-ca. 1820].

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Embroidery patterns and designs, [ca. 1804-ca. 1820].

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Consists of twenty-six original patterns for embroidery that may have been executed on handkerchiefs, dresses, collars, bibs, etc. The designs were done on all kinds and shapes of paper, including tissue paper. Because of the difference of paper, these designs reveal a variety of ways in which an image was transferred to fabric. First, a design could be pinned under a piece of thin fabric to allow the embroiderer to see the design through the material as she sewed over it. Second, the design could be transferred either by ink or by a combination of pin pricks and chalk. Several of the sheets show evidence of use. One of the patterns contains the name Amelia Smith Nobart of Pottsville, Pa.

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Nobart, Amelia Smith.

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Amelia Smith Nobart resided in Pottsville, Pa. From the description of Embroidery patterns and designs, [ca. 1804-ca. 1820]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122459396 ...

Young, William J.

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Farmer, of Somerset County, New Jersey. From the description of Ledger, 1792-1795 (inclusive) 1792 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566738 Sir William Young was a Nova Scotia businessman, lawyer, and politician. He was born in 1799 in Falkirk, Scotland to John Young and Agnes Renny and moved with his family to Nova Scotia in 1814. In 1814 and 1815 Young helped establish John Young and Company, his father's wholesale dry goods business, by acting as his father's agen...