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Embroiderers' Guild of WA > Records

STAMPED LINEN, MAT

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The design stamped on linen fabric by Semco company , Aus. Series 5, is one of a broad range of stamped designs on fabrics for household articles available in early and mid 20th century. Design depicts Australian wildflowers - Flannel flower, Spider and enamelled orchids, Sand Bottlebrush, Boronia and Leschenaultia. Australian flora was a popular theme for embroidery at the 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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Registration number

cwa-org-78-2017.64

Width

220 mm

Height or length

220 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Semco Aus. Series No 5

Embroiderers' Guild of WA

Embroiderers' Guild of WA

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