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needlework

Also known as: needlework; knitting; sewing; lace-making; embroidery; needlecraft
Related terms: lacemaker/seamstress
Broader terms: x108977; textile/cloth production
Narrower terms: lacemaker/seamstress

264 related objects

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Museum number: EA87601 |
Producer name: AUTH226011 Made by:The Singer Company |
Production date: 1940 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cairo

album; painting

Title: Persian Costumes |
Museum number: 1921,0614,0.1.13 |
Cultures/periods: x23229 Qajar dynasty |
Production date: 1842 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Iran

coin

Museum number: 2014,4080.115 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG14445 Issuer:Government of Sri Lanka |
Production date: 2008 |
Production place: Issued in:Sri LankaMinted in:Llantrisant

drawing; album; print study

Museum number: 1857,0613.775 |
Producer name: BIOG20397 Drawn by:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1730s

drawing; album

Museum number: 1896,0511.53 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Newton FieldingFormerly attributed to:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1817-1828

drawing

Museum number: 1929,0719.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47920 Drawn by:Adam Töpffer |
Production date: 1784-1847

drawing; album

Museum number: 1896,0511.61 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Newton FieldingFormerly attributed to:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1817-1828

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0601.87 |
Producer name: BIOG43887 Drawn by:Cayley Robinson |
Production date: 1926

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1921,1114.26.1-44 |
Producer name: BIOG43544 Drawn by:Alfred William Rich |
Production date: 1871-1921

drawing; album

Museum number: 1896,0511.56 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Newton FieldingFormerly attributed to:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1817-1828

drawing; album

Museum number: 1978,0624.42.66 |
Producer name: BIOG49557 Drawn by:Adriaen van de Venne |
Production date: 1620-1626

drawing; album

Museum number: 1978,0624.42.38 |
Producer name: BIOG49557 Drawn by:Adriaen van de Venne |
Production date: 1620-1626

drawing

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.207 |
Producer name: BIOG127914 Drawn by:Noelle Ora Sandwith |
Production date: 1951 |
Production place: Made in:Nuku'alofa

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.716 |
Producer name: BIOG66835 Circle/School of:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1572-1602

drawing; sketch-book; print study

Museum number: 1900,0725.122.22 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815

figurine

Museum number: Am1990,08.135 |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Oaxaca (state)

handscroll; painting

Title: 倦繡圖 Juan xiu tu |
Museum number: 1963,1214,0.2 |
Producer name: Claimed to be by:Zhou Wenju 周文矩Made by:Zhang Daqian 張大千 |
Production date: 20th century |
Production place: Made in:China

hanging scroll; painting

Museum number: 1941,0311,0.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:China

hanging scroll; painting

Museum number: 1881,1210,0.2723 |
Producer name: BIOG6608 Painted by:Temmin |
Production date: 1800-1880 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Oc,G.T.2446 |
Producer name: BIOG186070 Published by:Slide House |
Production date: 20thC(early) |
Production place: Photographed in:Melanesia

medal

Title: Golden Needle |
Museum number: 2000,0817.1 |
Producer name: BIOG118031 Designed by:Mirena Zlateva |
Production date: 1999 |
Production place: Made in:Bulgaria

medal

Museum number: 1985,0329.37 |
Producer name: Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Blanche Adèle MoriaDesigned by:Blanche Adèle Moria |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: 2014,4001.17 |
Producer name: BIOG100243 Made by:Vaughton's Ltd |
Production date: 1922 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Title: Ragged Memories |
Museum number: 2004,0407.1 |
Producer name: Designed by:Holly MilliganModelled by:Holly Milligan |
Production date: 2003 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

needle

Museum number: Am1959,10.60 |
Ethnic group: x91366 Made by:Xavante |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rio das Mortes

needle

Museum number: Am1959,10.61 |
Ethnic group: x91366 Made by:Xavante |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rio das Mortes

needle

Museum number: Am1959,10.62 |
Ethnic group: x91366 Made by:Xavante |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rio das Mortes

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.605 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927-1928 |
Production place: Photographed in:Chumbi Valley

newspaper/periodical; print

Title: al-Mugtama' al-Arabi al-Gadid |
Museum number: EA88315 |
Production date: 1968 |
Production place: Issued in:Egypt |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cairo

painting

Title: painting |
Museum number: 1999,0630,0.37 |
Producer name: BIOG12916 Made by:Prof Nguyen Thu |
Production date: 1960 |
Production place: Made in:Vietnam

photographic print; album

Title: BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 38 |
Museum number: Am,A38.23 |
Producer name: BIOG177698 Photographed by:Alexander Gardner |
Production date: 1868 |
Production place: Photographed in:Fort Laramie

photographic print

Museum number: Af,B59.9 |
Producer name: BIOG133828 Photographed by:William Buller Fagg |
Production date: 1946 |
Production place: Made in:EbeleMade in:Owerri

photographic print

Museum number: Oc,A29.64 |
Producer name: BIOG180580 Photographed by:Katesa Schlosser |
Production date: October 1978 |
Production place: Photographed in:Rabaul

photographic print

Museum number: Oc,B110.49 |
Producer name: BIOG157059 Photographed by:John Watt Beattie |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Photographed in:Kingston

photographic print

Museum number: Oc,B110.50 |
Producer name: BIOG157059 Photographed by:John Watt Beattie |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Photographed in:Kingston

photographic print

Museum number: Oc,B110.51 |
Producer name: BIOG157059 Photographed by:John Watt Beattie |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Photographed in:Kingston

photographic print

Title: Son trousseau de mariage Salon de 1882 |
Museum number: 1883,0310.98 |
Producer name: After:David Adolphe Constant ArtzPublished by:Goupil |
Production date: 1883 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:London (England)

photographic print

Title: Market at Keta |
Museum number: Af,A15.56 |
Producer name: BIOG134308 Photographed by:Mary S R Sinclair |
Production date: 1936 |
Production place: Made in:Keta

photographic print

Title: Market at Keta |
Museum number: Af,A15.55 |
Producer name: BIOG134308 Photographed by:Mary S R Sinclair |
Production date: 1936 |
Production place: Made in:Keta

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A2.308 |
Producer name: BIOG133756 Photographed by:Mrs Fred Clarke |
Production date: 1936 |
Production place: Made in:South AfricaMade in:Pondoland (region - archaic)

photographic print

Museum number: Af,B69.7 |
Producer name: BIOG183237 Photographed by:Kathleen Margaret Trowell |
Production date: 1880-1950 |
Production place: Made in:KenyaMade in:Uganda Museum

photographic print; glass negative

Museum number: Oc,G.N.2088 |
Production date: 20thC(early) |
Production place: Photographed in:Melanesia

photographic print

Title: Sur les dunes Salon de 1883 |
Museum number: 1884,0112.226 |
Producer name: After:David Adolphe Constant ArtzPublished by:Goupil |
Production date: 1884 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:London (England)

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A44.114 |
Producer name: BIOG133640 Photographed by:E C Baker |
Production date: 1933 |
Production place: Made in:KiniwamiMade in:Biharamulo

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A16.38 |
Producer name: BIOG134308 Photographed by:Mary S R Sinclair |
Production date: 1936 |
Production place: Made in:Daloa

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A24.22 |
Producer name: BIOG134308 Photographed by:Mary S R Sinclair |
Production date: 1936 |
Production place: Made in:Lomé

postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.6908 |
Producer name: BIOG104636 Published by:The British Museum |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.6907 |
Producer name: BIOG104636 Published by:The British Museum |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tricoteuse hollandoise |
Museum number: 1842,0806.311 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Georges WilleAfter:Frans van Mieris I |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Les soins maternels |
Museum number: 1866,0407.812 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste GreuzePublished by:Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet |
Production date: 1746-1797 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; ornament print

Title: Thimbles |
Museum number: 1883,1110.490 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Theodor de BryAfter:Jan Saenredam |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: Sewing by candlelight |
Museum number: 1889,0925.21 |
Producer name: BIOG50655 Print made by:Julian Alden Weir |
Production date: 1867-1889

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.2542 |
Producer name: BIOG51756 Print made by:Thomas Wijck |
Production date: 1631-1677

print

Title: My Grandmother Knitting |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5714 |
Producer name: After:George MorlandPrint made by:Robert Mitchell Meadows |
Production date: 1800s

print; music sheet/cover

Title: The Madonna and Child with an angel: Madonna knitting |
Museum number: 1918,1010.37 |
Producer name: BIOG28962 Print made by:Eric Gill |
Production date: 1916

print

Title: The knitter |
Museum number: 1999,0926.69 |
Producer name: BIOG45650 Print made by:Frans Schwartz |
Production date: 1890

print

Museum number: 2006,U.920 |
Producer name: BIOG34275 After:Walt Kuhn |
Production date: 1928

print

Title: The Departure of the Gypsies from Ellangowan Six Engravings in Illustration of Guy Mannering |
Museum number: 1980,1011.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksAfter:George Clark Stanton |
Production date: 1866

print

Title: Die Naehschule |
Museum number: 2010,7081.6913 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gustav LüderitzAfter:Benjamin Vautier |
Production date: 1818-1883 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Waverley's last visit to Flora McIvor Eight Engravings in Illustration of Waverley |
Museum number: 1866,1208.267 |
Producer name: After:Robert HerdmanPrint made by:Lumb Stocks |
Production date: 1865

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: Bier getränke. Münchener Bilderbogen |
Museum number: 2013,7069.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adolf OberländerPrinted by:Wolf & Sohn |
Production date: 1869-1898 |
Production place: Published in:Munich

print

Title: La Ravadeuse de Cesson, près Fontainebleau L'Eau Forte en 1874 |
Museum number: 1882,0211.309 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul Edme Le RatPublished by:Alfred Cadart |
Production date: 1874 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1878,0511.1080 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Woodman IIAfter:Nathan Cooper Branwhite I |
Production date: 1799-1852

print

Title: The knitter |
Museum number: 1999,0926.70 |
Producer name: BIOG45650 Print made by:Frans Schwartz |
Production date: 1890

print; music sheet/cover

Title: The Madonna and Child with an angel: Madonna knitting |
Museum number: 1921,1028.7 |
Producer name: BIOG28962 Print made by:Eric Gill |
Production date: 1916

print

Title: Eventide |
Museum number: 1949,0411.161 |
Producer name: BIOG17310 Print made by:Stanley Anderson |
Production date: 1937

print

Museum number: 1863,0613.37 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1936,1116.64 |
Producer name: BIOG18770 Print made by:George Baxter |
Production date: 1850s

print; title-page

Museum number: 1936,1207.15.25 |
Producer name: BIOG18770 Print made by:George Baxter |
Production date: 1850s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3906 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1778-1781

print

Title: Theatre Dressing Room |
Museum number: 2008,7020.11 |
Producer name: BIOG32246 Print made by:Erlund Hudson |
Production date: 1937

print; satirical print

Title: Is arrested going to court. A Rake's Progress, Plate 7 |
Museum number: 1856,0712.35 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPublished by:Thomas Bakewell |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1852,0705.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Rector's Daughter |
Museum number: 1865,0114.994 |
Producer name: After:George BrownPrint made by:Edward Scriven |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 4 A Rake's Progress |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1532 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Seamstress |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard PurcellAfter:Philippe Mercier |
Production date: 1754-1765 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Is arrested going to court A Rake's Progress, Plate 4 |
Museum number: Cc,2.111 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPublished by:Henry Parker |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Coriolanus, Act 1, Scene 3 Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3502 |
Producer name: After:Sir Robert Ker PorterPrint made by:James Stow |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 4 A Rake's Progress |
Museum number: S,2.42 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 4 A Rake's Progress |
Museum number: S,2.41 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Domestick Amusement. The Fair Seamstress |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3564 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WilsonAfter:Johann Casper Heilmann |
Production date: 1760s-1770s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Morning Employments |
Museum number: 1873,0712.454 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 4 A Rake's Progress |
Museum number: 1942,0929.6 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 After:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1735-1785

print; satirical print

Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 4 A Rake's Progress |
Museum number: 1858,0417.561 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Rakes Progress |
Museum number: 1880,1113.2117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CookAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Useful Amusement |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2429 |
Producer name: Print made by:JohnsonAfter:Jean Baptiste Le Prince |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Working |
Museum number: 1926,0410.170 |
Producer name: BIOG46717 Print made by:Ilia Alekseevich Sokolov |
Production date: 1925

print; book

Museum number: 1922,1218.3.1-31 |
Producer name: After:Théophile Alexandre SteinlenPrint made by:Eugène Froment |
Production date: 1900

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Les Couturières |
Museum number: 1883,0414.10 |
Producer name: After:Fritz von UhdePrint made by:Eugène Abot |
Production date: 1882 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The skein-winder |
Museum number: 1891,1013.160 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Charles ThéveninAfter:Pierre Paul Hamon |
Production date: 1868 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:London (England)

print; advertisement

Title: A blind girl |
Museum number: 1843,1111.19 |
Producer name: AUTH225949 Published by:H Walker |
Production date: 1840-1843 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: La couseuse |
Museum number: 1925,0406.203 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon NoëlAfter:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1829

print

Title: Die Naeherin Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.496 |
Producer name: After:Caspar NetscherPrint made by:Franz Hanfstängl |
Production date: 1836-1840

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1919,1016.2 |
Producer name: After:Edward John PoynterBlock cut by:Joseph Swain |
Production date: 1862

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The skein-winder |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6274 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Charles ThéveninAfter:Pierre Paul Hamon |
Production date: 1868 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:London (England)

print

Title: La couseuse |
Museum number: 1865,0520.477 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon NoëlAfter:Richard Parkes Bonington |
Production date: 1829

print

Museum number: 1933,0222.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47332 Print made by:Jean-Alexandre Steriadi |
Production date: 1918-1919

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Old Fogies. The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1327 |
Producer name: After:William Makepeace ThackerayPrint made by:Joseph Swain |
Production date: 1861-1862 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1888,0612.357 |
Producer name: BIOG24482 Print made by:Louise Danse |
Production date: 1880-1948

print

Title: Ecole de couture à Katwyk (Hollande) |
Museum number: 1882,0909.175 |
Producer name: After:Jozef IsraëlsPublished by:Goupil |
Production date: 1882 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)