Season 2, Episode 16 (Episode 42)

Alternative Embroideries: Tambour Work and Punch Needle (20 May 2021)

  • Tambour work and needle punch


  • François-Hubert Drouais, “Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame,” 1763-4, National Gallery London


  • Sir Joshua Reynolds, “The Ladies Waldegrave,” 1780-1, Scottish National Gallery
  • Tambour hook
  • Needle punch tool


  • Tambour chain stitch, detail from LACMA dress


  • Tambour lace from Lier, Belgium 


  • Tambour beading

  • “Woman’s Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française),” France, c. 1750 (textile), c. 1760 (dress), LACMA


  • “Woman’s Dress and Petticoat (Robe à l’anglaise),” England, c. 1775, LACMA 
  • Detail of c. 1775 LACMA dress


  • Apron, American, 1800, MFA Boston


  • Bunka shishu kit from Amazon.com


  • Hooked rug, 1820-60, Winterthur Museum


  • Lucy Trask Barnard, Dixiefield, Maine, c. 1860, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Sources
  • Tambour embroidery video:
  • Tambour beading video:
  • Punch needle video:
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