Embroiderers' Guild Collection Sue Widden September 2017

This month we had our A.G.M. in the morning, followed by an early lunch, and then set up the room ready for our presentation on the Guild's collection.
Sue arrived complete with projector, computer and memory stick ready to go.

 The pieces ranged from the 15C to the 21C and were mainly English in origin.

 Sue informed us that originally embroidery was a pastime carried out by the upper classes of both sexes and it was not until later that the middle classes both men and women began embroidering.

 It was later still when embroidery became a mainly female occupation.

Sue told us a small amount of information about each piece and the members found it very interesting how embroidery had developed over the centuries.

 The members were so interested that Sue showed us a few extra photographs.
A big thank you to Sue for showing us the presentation and a look at some of the pieces the Guild holds.