STAMPED LINEN,MATS

Overview

The design stamped on cream linen is one of a broad range of stamped designs on fabrics for household articles available in early and mid 20th century.
The design on these two square mats depict a kangaroo on each. One has a Sturt Pea flower and wattle, the other Leschenaultia and Bell Flowers, each finished with a crochet edge. Native flora and fauna was a popular subject for embroidery at this time.
In Perth in the first half of the 20th century, evenweave linen fabrics were very rare, design and pattern books few and far between. Thus stamped linens/cottons were one of the few household articles available for the lady of the house to stitch.
Patterns for household linen, mass produced by Semco, MyArt, and Deighton were often published in women's magazines such as Australiann Home Journal, The Weekly Times and the Australian Woman's Weekly and offered as a mail service to women in country areas.

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cwa-org-78-2017.56a-b
Embroiderers' Guild of WA

Embroiderers' Guild of WA

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Kangaroo mats
Kangaroo mats

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