Textile Studies - Examples of Smocking
Design Library ::: SMOCKING EMBROIDERY
Smock
〰 Smocking embroidery styles farmers and shepherds wore in Great Britain until about the 1870's "The smock was a simple handspun garment made from flax or hemp . Each part of the smock , front , back, arms and collar is rectangular . There are no curved seams in a true smock " acc to museum inscription plaque the first in the video is an example of a sunday best smock , the second daily work wear
Fieldtrip, Horsham Museum , Oct 2017
The top image shows a " Sunday best" smock, worn for special occassions, the lower image shows a workwear smock , worn for daily tasks.
The Sunday Best Smock
Detail of the Arm Sleeve Smocking from the Sunday Best Smock
Textile Studies - Smocking Embroidery - ACL Fieldlog - Examples of English Farmer and Shepherd Smock Embroidery Patterns , Horsham Museum, UK #ACLFieldlogTextiles
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Textile Studies - Smocking Embroidery - Design Library - ACL Fieldlog
photographs and video taken by ACL Fieldlog
at Horsham Museum , UK, Oct 2017
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