by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jul 21, 2022 | Blog
Constance Howard, the British embroiderer, often best remembered for her green hair, had a colossal influence on contemporary embroidery at a time when it was deemed to be a comparatively minor craft, setting a pathway that’s probably helped lead to the...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog, Resources
Who would think a simple, commonplace pocket could be the holder of such a scope of fascinating research? Obviously, the authors, Barbara Burman – an independent scholar, and Ariane Fennetaux – associate professor of eighteenth-century history at...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 20, 2022 | Blog
Pockets for women were often worn hidden beneath the clothing of women of rank. Working women tended to wear their tie-on pockets over their garments where they were easily accessible. Small and seemingly insignificant, women’s pockets were worn independently...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog
Welcome to the stunningly beautiful, elegantly innovative, seductively alluring world of French Haute Couture and the dynastic family of Lesage. The House of Lesage became the doyen of French Haute Couture embroidery collaborating with the world’s elite...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Resources
Maison Lesage is a dynastic house of haute couture embroidery that worked with the who’s who of the fashion industry – Vionnet, Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Givenchy, and Chanel. This book draws the link from the very inception of...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog, Resources
Though not embroidery, the magnificently woven medieval tapestries making up the set known as The Unicorn Tapestries, provide a wonderful vehicle for this richly imaginative work of fiction. No one knows for whom the Tapestries were made or what they mean or...
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