Embroider my World Myrtle Green - a photo on Flickriver

            When it was my birthday a few months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions.  She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.

Those wonderful gifts are what has inspired me to create this series of "Embroider my World" images featuring my vintage bobbin collection.  In this case, the wonderful vintage embroidered ribbon is one from India that I bought, so it comes from my own collection of antique notions.  I have accessorised it on a 1930s lace tablecloth with a Dewhurst's Sylko Myrtle Green reel of cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954, a small myrtle green metal étui made by Thiriez and Carter-Bresson and a pair of Edwardian silver sewing scissors.

An étui is a small ornamental case for holding needles, cosmetics, and other articles.  In this case, the étui contains two small spools of thread (one white on display and one black), a brass tube that runs through the centre of the spools which is used to house needles, and its lid doubles as a thimble.  This Thiriez and Carter-Bresson example is complete, and in excellent condition considering that it dates from the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century.  Thiriez and Carter-Bresson was a textiles, clothing and sewing thread company established in Lille, in France.  In 1961, it merged with the business Dollfus-Mieg et Compagnie (abbreviated as DMC), an Alsatian textile company.       

Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world.  Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.

Taken on: March 1, 2024

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/2.8, 1/60 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	6.2mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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