![]() © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Needlework embroidered cushion cover, Jessie Newbery, about 1900, Scotland. Left to right: Wall hanging with art needlework embroidery (detail), designed by William Morris, made by Mrs Ada Phoebe Godman, 1877 – 1900, England. Experimental work inspired loosely by Art needlework was produced by Jessie Newbery, an embroiderer and teacher at the Glasgow School of Art. Art needlework was also supported by the establishment of the Royal School of Needlework in 1872, which aimed to restore "Ornamental Needlework for secular purposes, to the high place it once held amongst decorative arts". ![]() Morris felt that the Victorian obsession with Berlin woolwork was responsible for the decline in needle skills, and instead promoted more traditional techniques, which were often inspired by nature and influenced by historic textiles from Italy, Iran (then Persia) and Turkey. Art needlework is a style of embroidery championed in the 19th century by designer William Morris, a key figure in the Arts and Crafts movement.
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