The Berlin work sampler in Plate X is signed in cross stitch, ‘Adele Latimore St. Benedict.’
Her daughter was probably Sarah, who worked the large Berlin work picture of the young Saint John holding a lamb shown in Plate VII.
She has noted, ‘from 1830 to 1870 Berlin work eclipsed practically all other types of needlework.’
Berlin work, starting approximately in the 1850s, became extremely popular in the 1870s, when a colorful graph was all that was needed to create a picture, and less creativity is in evidence since then.
And needlework did respond to fashion, hitting low points, such as the Victorian ‘Berlin work ‘craze.’
Definition of Berlin work in US English:
Berlin work
noun
Worsted embroidery on canvas.
毛（绒）线刺绣
Example sentencesExamples
And needlework did respond to fashion, hitting low points, such as the Victorian ‘Berlin work ‘craze.’
Berlin work, starting approximately in the 1850s, became extremely popular in the 1870s, when a colorful graph was all that was needed to create a picture, and less creativity is in evidence since then.
Her daughter was probably Sarah, who worked the large Berlin work picture of the young Saint John holding a lamb shown in Plate VII.
She has noted, ‘from 1830 to 1870 Berlin work eclipsed practically all other types of needlework.’
The Berlin work sampler in Plate X is signed in cross stitch, ‘Adele Latimore St. Benedict.’