STAMPED LINEN, DUCHESS SET
The design stamped on linen PHC No. 92 is one of a broad range of stamped designs on fabrics for household articles available in early and mid 20th century. The design on this 5 piece duchess set depicts gumnuts and kookaburras. 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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PHC no 92
Embroiderers' Guild of WA
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