{"id":12313,"date":"2019-08-03T16:45:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T16:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&#038;p=12313"},"modified":"2019-08-04T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T16:00:42","slug":"tambour-work","status":"publish","type":"kbe_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/?kbe_knowledgebase=tambour-work","title":{"rendered":"Tambour Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a reference in chapter 7 to Mrs Grant&#8217;s <em>tambour frame<\/em>.\nTambour work was a technique introduced from India in the 1760&#8217;s. Fine muslin\nor other such fabric was stretched over a hoop to make it taut, and the thread\nwas worked in a continuous line by the aid of a little hook (much smaller than\na crochet hook). This produced a series of loops that were linked together to\nmake a chain stitch. To make the chain, you hold a silk thread on the underside\nof the work, and draw it up in a loop from the top side with the hook, then\ninsert the hook a short distance away to draw the thread up again through the\nfirst loop. Tamboured muslins typically had a twining or vine-like pattern,\nwhich worked best for this kind of embroidery. Tambour work was commonly done\nat home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a link to some <a href=\"http:\/\/twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/tambour-work-embroidery-1730-1840.html\">illustrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a reference in chapter 7 to Mrs Grant&#8217;s tambour frame. Tambour work was a technique introduced from India in the 1760&#8217;s. Fine muslin or other such fabric was stretched over a hoop to make it taut, and the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/?kbe_knowledgebase=tambour-work\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","kbe_taxonomy":[256,261],"kbe_tags":[394],"class_list":["post-12313","kbe_knowledgebase","type-kbe_knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","kbe_taxonomy-arts-leisure","kbe_taxonomy-households","kbe_tags-needlework"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12314,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12313\/revisions\/12314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbe_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_taxonomy&post=12313"},{"taxonomy":"kbe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_tags&post=12313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}