I know the hoop existed in the 17 hundreds, since it was used for tambour work. According to 18'th Centry Embroidery techniques. Tambour was put in a hoop. Embroidery was usually on a frame. The book does not mention hoops in connection with other techniques other than tambour work.
Tania --- On Sun, 6/27/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [h-cost] Victorian needlework tecchnology? > To: "Historical Costume" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 9:24 AM > I was asked recently whether > embroidery in the mid 19th Century would have been more > likely to have been done in a hoop or a frame. > Clueless, I turn to you. > > When was the embroidery hoop invented? > > Emma > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
