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    The Needlewoman (Spanish: La costurera) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Diego Velázquez, painted between 1635 and 1643. It is housed in the National Gallery...
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    Needlework (redirect from Needlewoman)
    still limited to roles in the household, and under the standards of the time a woman working on needle work while entertaining the parlor was considered beautiful...
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  • A needleman or needlewoman is a needleworker, a person who practices the handicraft or profession of needlework. Needleman may refer to: Needleman (surname)...
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    socialite, needlewoman and magazine editor. Lindsay was the only daughter of the courtier Sir Frederick Ponsonby, later 1st Baron Sysonby, and the cookbook...
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    'The Ladies-in-waiting' pronounced [las meˈninas]) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish...
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    own admission she was not in love with Morris. She became a skilled needlewoman, self-taught in ancient embroidery techniques, and later became renowned...
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    Nicolai Vasiliev, Norwegian sailor "Fogelma", and Russian needlewoman Olga Tchkersoff, as well as the aforementioned Alexander Pedachenko. Sir Arthur Conan...
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    Chatsworth House (category Fountains in the United Kingdom)
    accomplished needlewoman, Bess joined Mary at Chatsworth for extended periods in 1569, 1570, and 1571, during which time they worked together on the Oxburgh...
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  • a lithe figure, auburn hair, and hazel eyes. She was an accomplished needlewoman, some of her embroidery still exists. Martha maintained a collection...
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    be a skilled needlewoman and at the time of her husband's death in Hawaii she was embroidering a waistcoat for him to wear at court. The unfinished garment...
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