Comments on: Antique, Vintage Society Silk Embroidery—Painting with a Needle and Thread http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/antique-vintage-society-silk-embroidery-painting-needle-thread Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Janet Marcus http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/antique-vintage-society-silk-embroidery-painting-needle-thread/comment-page-1#comment-159896 Janet Marcus Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:55:27 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2509294#comment-159896 My great great Aunt, a talented needleworker worked in a shop in NYC where she was commissioned by wealthy women to produce these items. The shope stocked the silk and the women picked out the design and colors and my relative did the actually embroidery. Most of the work she andothers at the shop produced were for table linens. If you intend to collect these items you must also be aware that they were commercially produced in the orient as well. My great great Aunt, a talented needleworker worked in a shop in NYC where she was commissioned by wealthy women to produce these items. The shope stocked the silk and the women picked out the design and colors and my relative did the actually embroidery. Most of the work she andothers at the shop produced were for table linens.

If you intend to collect these items you must also be aware that they were commercially produced in the orient as well.

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