Marghab Linens Ltd. was a company specialising in table linens founded on Madeira in 1933 by British Cypriot Emile Marghab and his South Dakotan wife Vera (née Way); and disestablished in 1980.The company was also known as Emile Marghab Inc. Since 1850, when Madeiran natives were introduced to hand embroidery as a means of industry, the islands had been renowned for their needlework. The Marghabs took advantage of this reputation, producing textiles that were skilfully hand-embroidered on the highest quality Irish linen and a form of organdie called Margandie, made in Switzerland, and harder wearing than usual organdie. The linens were designed by Vera, and hand-embroidered as a home industry by the women on Madeira, who Vera insisted received payment per stitch - which for a single place mat could amount to seventy thousand stitches.Pale grey linen hand towel with white embroidery, cutwork and applique. The design is of a tree with blossoms.madeira work, surface stitchery, hand towel

Found in op shop by Wendy RitchieSoft pink hand towel in linen with a delicate design of grapes and a finely scalloped edge in buttonhole.embroidery, madeira, hand towel

Textiles. Cream coloured huckaback fabric hand towel. Embossed tassel pattern across short ends. Old box 573.Printed in ink in one corner, ''M.E.BUSH''textiles, domestic, hand towel

Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704Hand towel Army issue green cotton, sewn edging all around, one corner has two white tags with details onOn large tag, “Nile 7210 - 66 - 011 - 5408” On small tag faintly in green, “3796117” On towel edge near tags in black texta, “3796117”towels, hand towel, accessory

Rectangular shaped tray cloth/hand towel, edged in 1.25 cm wide cotton lace edging - edging is a braid type, commercially made edging. One end has a 10 cm band of machine - made cotton lace, in a floral design. Lace has been attached to the linen fabric in a zig - zag machine stitch. Cream in colour.manchester, table linen, tray cloth/hand towel

Purchased from George's about 1962White heavy linen with organdie applique of blue flower pot and flowers and white leaf. Dark blue buttholed shaped edge top and bottom. Hand hemmed sides.embroidery, hand towel, applique, georges

One of a collection of fourteen items of clothing and household textiles donated by Lisa Sylvan, a long-term resident of Kew, Five of the items are homemade aprons made and worn by her mother. Of the seven pinafores, three identical but differently sized pinafores were made in her parents' factory, while the other three are handmade. The handmade aprons and pinafores are representative samples of women's work, often using commercial or patterns using fabrics originally deigned for dresses. Typically the examples, contrasting fabrics and colours were selected to provide visual interest. The donation also includes a hand embroidered linen hand towel and a commercially produced 'birds of Australia' printed table cloth. Most of the collection derives from the 1950s.Cream linen hand towel, bordered at each end with bands of mustrad yellow linen. The towel is embroidered with a picture of a woman in period dress collecting flowers from a garden.lisa sylvan, household linen, supper cloths, fancy work

Marghab Linens Ltd. was a company specialising in table linens founded on Madeira in 1933 by British Cypriot Emile Marghab and his South Dakotan wife Vera (née Way); and disestablished in 1980.The company was also known as Emile Marghab Inc. Since 1850, when Madeiran natives were introduced to hand embroidery as a means of industry, the islands had been renowned for their needlework. The Marghabs took advantage of this reputation, producing textiles that were skilfully hand-embroidered on the highest quality Irish linen and a form of organdie called Margandie, made in Switzerland, and harder wearing than usual organdie. The linens were designed by Vera, and hand-embroidered as a home industry by the women on Madeira, who Vera insisted received payment per stitch - which for a single place mat could amount to seventy thousand stitches.Marghab linen hand towel in original card envelope with accompanying description.

Standard issue item as used by Australian servicemen during the conflict in Vietnam ( 1962 - 1972). The item belonged to National Serviceman Pte D G Woods, Service no:2783285, who served in 7RAR in 1967.Olive green, army issue, cotton hand towel with faded/broken handwriting in black ink Letters and numbers in black ink near top, difficult to decipherwoods, 7rar, 2783285, towel, cloth

2 White, rectangular, damask linen hand towel with hand embroidered cross stitch borders at both short ends; red cross stitch pattern along one end and an unfinished red cross stitch pattern on the other. Cotton fringe on both ends to complete the hand towel.towels, hand towels

Lemon cotton hand towel with scalloped ends. On one end is an applique design of lemon leaves on white cotton backgroundmanchester, bath linen

White,cotton, square-patterned hand towel with a spok edged hem on one end and a crocheted, flower pattern edge on the other.bath linen, hand towels, towels

Guest towels belonging to Valmae (Colling) Gaudion's, Grandmother, Alice Maud (McDonald) Brooks who passed away in 1956 aged 83.Three embroidered hand towels. White cotton with floral design on one end. Edged with mauve crochet with floral embroidery. One edge scalloped.hand towels

Set of 4 Madeira hand towels purchased from Georges about 1962. White. Fine cotton embroidered in ecru, of tree trunk and flowers. Hand hemmed along both long sides.embroidery, madeira, georges, hand towels

Set of 4 Madiera hand towels purchased from Georges about 1962.(c) pink Fine cotton embroidered in ecru, of tree trunk and flowers. Hand hemmed along both long sides.embroidery, madeira, georges, hand towels

Set of 4 Madeira hand towels purchased from Georges about 1962.(b) blue Fine cotton embroidered in ecru, of tree trunk and flowers. Hand hemmed along both long sides.embroidery, madeira, georges, hand towels

White huckaback hand towel with flowers and 'Guest' embroidered in pinks, blues and green.manchester, bath linen

Designed and woven by Miss Rachel Grieve of Camberwell. She was the foremost handweaver in Victoria in the late 1940's. Examples of her weaving are in the National Gallery of Victoria. Donated from the estate of Miss Phyllis Brown, former long time secretary of the Guild and Life Member. Ecru linen with woven design with small tassels at the corners.weaving, towels, hand towels, australia, 1940-60

Designed and woven by Miss Rachel Grieve of Camberwell. She was the foremost handweaver in Victoria in the late 1940's. Examples of her weaving are in the National Gallery of Victoria. Donated from the estate of Miss Phyllis Brown, former long time secretary of the Guild and Life Member.Pale yellow linen with woven design.weaving, towels, hand towels, australia, 1940-60

Purchased in Athens from antiques dealer (Pandrossou St, Monastirki) by donors sister in the 1970's. Guests in Turkey would be offered water to wash their hands and yagliks to wipe them. When everyone sat crossed legged at low tables, yagliks were also used to cover their laps from spills. They were also used to wrap items such as an important letter, sum of money, present, jewellery, gift of fruits or sweets, an article of clothing - all wrapped in an embroidered yaglik or bocha (square cloth). The richer the wrapping the greater the compliment. In wealthy households, as soon as a girl was old enough she would learn embroidery and start preparing for her trousseau and her home furnishings.Example of Ottoman EmbroideryTseure (Turkish towel), embroidered both ends with floral motifs in pink, blue, green and yellow threadflower, floral

Purchased in Athens from antiques dealer (Pandrossou St, Monastirki) by donors sister in the 1970's. Guests in Turkey would be offered water to wash their hands and yagliks to wipe them. When everyone sat crossed legged at low tables, yagliks were also used to cover their laps from spills. They were also used to wrap items such as an important letter, sum of money, present, jewellery, gift of fruits or sweets, an article of clothing - all wrapped in an embroidered yaglik or bocha (square cloth). The richer the wrapping the greater the compliment. In wealthy households, as soon as a girl was old enough she would learn embroidery and start preparing for her trousseau and her home furnishings.Example of Ottoman EmbroideryTseure (Turkish towel), embroidered both ends with floral motifsflower, floral, geometric

Purchased in Athens from antiques dealer (Pandrossou St, Monastirki) by donors sister in the 1970's. Guests in Turkey would be offered water to wash their hands and yagliks to wipe them. When everyone sat crossed legged at low tables, yagliks were also used to cover their laps from spills. They were also used to wrap items such as an important letter, sum of money, present, jewellery, gift of fruits or sweets, an article of clothing - all wrapped in an embroidered yaglik or bocha (square cloth). The richer the wrapping the greater the compliment. In wealthy households, as soon as a girl was old enough she would learn embroidery and start preparing for her trousseau and her home furnishings.Example of Ottoman EmbroideryYaglik (Turkish towel), embroidered both ends with geometric motifs in grey, blue, red and metallic threadflower, floral

Part of the trousseau of Emilia Fischel changed to Finton after the family came to Australia in 1939. She was connected to the Wiedersperger family and died in 1981.White linen with fringed ends, the 42 cms deep band of embroidery in red and white has the Eagles of Austria included in the floral and bold design. Small band (45 mms) of red and white on opposite end.Monogramembroidery, towels, 1900-20, austria, surface stitchery

Marghab Linens Ltd. was a company specialising in table linens founded on Madeira in 1933 by British Cypriot Emile Marghab and his South Dakotan wife Vera (née Way); and disestablished in 1980.The company was also known as Emile Marghab Inc. Since 1850, when Madeiran natives were introduced to hand embroidery as a means of industry, the islands had been renowned for their needlework. The Marghabs took advantage of this reputation, producing textiles that were skilfully hand-embroidered on the highest quality Irish linen and a form of organdie called Margandie, made in Switzerland, and harder wearing than usual organdie. The linens were designed by Vera, and hand-embroidered as a home industry by the women on Madeira, who Vera insisted received payment per stitch - which for a single place mat could amount to seventy thousand stitches.Cream linen with a design of pink and brown. lilies and leaves in applique, satin stitch and couching. Marghab.embroidery, towels, surface stitchery, madeira, 1940-60

Hand towel produced as part of the memorabilia to celebrate the Heidelberg Golf Club's 50th Year 1928-1978Yellow cotton hand towel; green printed text in brown frame."Heidelberg Golf Club 50th Year 1928-1978"heidelberg golf club, 50th year, memorabilia, towels, vic mcgavin

Woven by Miss Rachael Grieves ( a well known Australian weaver.)Hand woven towel using natural coloured warp and pink weft in linen thread. The very simple abstract design woven near the hem is the only decoration.weaving, towels, 1900-20, australia

White cotton hand towel with green strips and 'S' embroidered on it.manchester, bath linen

Set of 4 Madeira hand towels purchased from Georges about 1962. (a) yellow Fine cotton embroidered in ecru, of tree trunk and flowers. Hand hemmed along both long sides.embroidery, madeira, georges, hand towels

Sister Beryl Hawker is a District Nurse working for the Melbourne District Nursing Service (MDNS) and is leaving their Headquarters at 452 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne to give nursing care to a patient in their home situated in a Melbourne suburb. She is wearing the MDNS winter uniform grey wool coat over her grey cotton dress with white collar. A red Maltese cross is attached to the centre of her grey wool beret. Her nursing case contains an apron, hand towel, thermometer, instruments, dressings and lotions.The Trained nurses of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), later known as Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), visited patients in their home and gave best practice care in many fields of nursing and to people of many cultures throughout its 130 years of expansion. Initial visits not only assessed the specific nursing situation but the situation as a whole. Their patients ranged in age from babes, children, adults to the elderly and referrals were taken from Hospitals, General Practitioners and allied Health facilities. Some of the care provided was: – Post-Natal care given to mother and babe, Wound Care following various types of surgery, accidents, burns, cancer, leg ulcers etc. Supervising and teaching Diabetic Care, including teaching and supervising people with Diabetes to administer their own Insulin, and administering Insulin to those unable to give their own injections. Administering other injections and setting up weekly medication boxes. The Sisters performed Catheterizations on adults suffering from conditions such as Quadriplegia, Paraplegia, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and Guillan-Barre Syndrome, and when required at school on children for e.g. those with Spina Bifida. The Sisters visited those requiring Cystic Fibrosis support and care; those requiring Haemo-Oncology care, including visiting children at school; those requiring Home Enteral Feeding care, and those requiring IV therapy at home and home Dialysis. Palliative Care was given including pain relief with the use of syringe drivers, personal care as needed, and advice and support to both patient and family. RDNS provided Stoma management to those needing Urostomy, Ileostomy and Colostomy care and those requiring Continence care. HIV/AIDS nursing care was provided; visits to Homeless Persons were made. Personal care was given to patients ranging in age and with varying mobility problems, such as those with MS, MND, Guillan-Barre Syndrome, Quadriplegia, Paraplegia, Acquired Brain Injury, following a Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke), those with severe Arthritis and those with a form of Dementia. When necessary the elderly were assisted with personal care and advice given on safety factors with the use of hand rails, bath or shower seats, and hand showers. Rehabilitation with an aim towards independence remained at the forefront of the Sister’s minds and when possible using aids and instruction on safe techniques enabled the person to become fully independent. All care included giving advice and support to the patient and their Carers. The Sisters liaised with the persons Doctor, Hospital and allied Health personal when necessary.Sister Beryl Hawker, who has short dark hair, is smiling as she is leaving Melbourne District Nursing Service (MDNS) Headquarters. She is wearing the MDNS uniform of an ankle length double breasted grey wool coat and wool beret with a central Maltese cross. Part of the MDNS insignia is seen at the top of her left sleeve. In her right hand she is carrying a rectangular nursing case and a light colour soft material bag. She is standing in front of the open metal spike gate between the two square grey concrete pillars of the gateway; the black numbers '452' are written on a white background on the top section of each pillar. A spiked metal fence is attached and running to the right of the right pillar; attached to this and close to the pillar, is a white plaque with black capital letters reading: 'Melbourne District Nursing Service Headquarters'. In the background is a paved path leading to part of a building with part of three arches seen and above this some concrete balustrade. A large pedestal concrete flower urn sits next to the partially seen steps leading up to the building. Some low bushes are seen behind the fence and in front of the building.59134-11melbourne district nursing service, mdns, mdns uniform, mdns headquarters, sister beryl hawker, royal district nursing service, rdns