Small tea kettle holder in ecru linen with a typical Aemilia Ars design.embroidery, aemilia ars, tea cosies, 1920-40, italy

Cream linen self coloured embroidery in the style of Aemilia-Ars. Italian table cloth from Florence. Two borders of pattern.embroidery, aemilia-ars, table cloths, italy

Embroidered by Sister Mary St Gregory Slattery RSC. Sisters of Charity. St. Vincent's Convent, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW.Exceptional example of embroidery.Cream linen with self coloured embroidery in a copy of Aemilia-ars Italian work. Many open work designs and satin stitch surrounds and deep peaked edge."1911" stitched near a cornerembroidery, mats, aemilia-ars, 1900-20, australia

Cream linen, cutwork and needlepoint fillings. Design based on two interlaced triangles.embroidery, hedebo, mats, aemilia-ars, 1900-20, italy

Circular doyley. Cream linen with cut work and needlepoint fillings. Design is based on leaf shapes. Note the Hedebo rings on the central motif.embroidery, hedebo, mats, aemilia-ars, 1900-20, italy

See Anchor Manual of Needlework Chapter XXIIIAemilia ars embroidery on natural coloured linen with surface stitchery and filet lace insets. Some lace squares have poetry and music as the design theme. The border is also edged with filet lace.embroidery, late 19th century, italy, aemilia-ars, tea cloth

Said to be made approx. 1875 by nuns. Aemilia Ars needlepoint lace (It. Punto in Aria di Bologna) is linked to the establishment in 1898 of the Aemilia Ars Society, in Bologna, Italy. The Foundation propagated the revival of the old crafts of the Emilia region, including that of embroidery and lace. Aemilia Ars lace is fairly strong and hard wearing. It is worked using a pattern that is placed over a card backing made of card. Holes are pricked into the pattern and card, and into these holes stitches are worked that support a laced framework. The framework is then used for the actual needlepoint lace, using a variety of stitches, mainly buttonhole and knot stitches, as well as picots. When this done the support stitches are removed, and so is the card backing. The designs were often taken from sixteenth and seventeenth century Italian examples, in line with the basic concepts of the Aemilia Ars society.Aemelia-Ars embroidery, made of lawn the decorative front oval has an inset of needlepoint lace surrounded by cutwork motifs. The pocket and front has an edging of detached buttonhole scallops.embroidery, sachets, 19th century, italy, aemelia-ars

Embroidered by a teacher of donor in BallaratNatural coloured linen. Two corners are completed in the classical style, one corner in Italian hem stitch. Edged in hem stitch.embroidery, aemilia-ars, sampler, 1900-20, australia