Stitching embroidery cards

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Stitching embroidery cards

Description

1965? Set of 20 embroidery stitching cards plus four extras. Complete set. Fables de La Fontaine. Numbered 1-20. DMC $28.68 from Boulot Dodo, Avignon, France, through Etsy, Jan., '19. Thirteen duplicates for $94 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

Now here is something unusual, even unique. I did not know that there were embroidery stitching cards. DMC is apparently a thread manufacturer. These are advertisements for their thread, as the cards promise "solid colors, brilliant, durable." I wonder what one would then do with the 24 fable panels embroidered with the help of these cards? And would the sewing happen on the very card itself? I learned on the web that "DMC has been developing award-winning fine threads and specialist yarns for makers since 1746, when artist Jean-Henri Dollfus joined forces with a pair of equally visionary entrepreneurs. Today DMC produces their natural yarns in Italy and France, collaborating with some of Europe’s most prestigious fashion houses, venerable art galleries, up-and-coming designers and needlecraft bloggers."

Date

1965?

Source

$28.68 from Boulot Dodo, Avignon, France, through Etsy, Jan., '19. Thirteen duplicates for $94 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

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Stitching embroidery cards
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