Beautiful hand-painted woolwork charts first came into Britain in about 1810, together with a range of Berlin woollen threads, known as such because they were produced in Berlin, which was an important centre for dyeing in the early 19th century. As was the tradition in pre-war Germany, these charts were printed in symbols and then hand painted in vast factories – there must have been thousands of little pattern books created but few have survived.
Embroidery Pattern Book No 785
