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Although best known for its pottery department, the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was also acclaimed for its embroidery department, which opened in 1902. Unlike pottery, needlework had long been an entirely feminine craft. Most women learned how to do some form of needlework at an early age from their mothers. In pottery, men commonly shaped the pieces while women did the decorating. Needleworkers on the other hand, were responsible for their embroideries from start to finish. Artisans crafted designs for textiles in a similar fashion to ceramics, with designs first sketched in pencil and then rendered in watercolor. This object is courtesy of Dianne Ayres & Tim Hanson - Arts & Crafts Period Textiles. Learn more about #artsandcrafts in "At Home with #ArtsandCrafts" on display pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/SFOArtsandCrafts
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Most women at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement had some knowledge of how to embroider.
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“To be an artisan, to be a weaver signifies tradition, the culture.
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The Arts and Crafts movement emerged in England in the 1880s.
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Founded in 1885, the Handel Lamp Company was the preeminent maker of reverse-painted lamps, in which the shades’ interiors were hand-painted.
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Zuber et Cie currently produces fourteen scenic wallpaper sets using original antique printing blocks.
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