Needlework De Luxe (1934)

Titles read: “Needlework de luxe“. Location of events unknown. C/U of a poster advertising an exhibition of ’Needlework Past and Present’. Several shots of women sewing by hand. Designer Duncan Grant (?) sketches out an embroidery design. Shots of women working on embroidery. Four women hold up an embroidered blanket with raised features. A woman works on a tapestry. C/Us of modern tapestries and embroidery, some very intricate. Commentator tells us “the Prince of Wales heads a list of distinguished men who choose needlework as an interesting and useful hobby“. Note: female commentator. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932