‘For the last year,’ said he, ‘there has been a rage for marking linen with hair; happily I had a fine collection of hair and skilled needlewomen,’ — on hearing this a suspicion flashed upon me; I took out my handkerchief and said, ❋ Unknown (2007)
After the manner of Paris needlewomen, her toilet seemed to her quite complete when she had brushed her hair smooth and tucked up the little short curls that played on each temple in contrast with the whiteness of her skin. ❋ Unknown (2007)
From their faces it seemed that for the most part they made no effort at all, and, recumbent as it were, accepted the ideas the words gave as representing goodness, in the same way, no doubt, as one of those industrious needlewomen had accepted the bright ugly pattern on her mat as beauty. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Here it was not deserted, not at all; the crowds were still out shopping, looking for action; in the many lofts above, the indentured needlewomen of Fujian were just getting their second wind, moving into double-digit hours. ❋ Robert K. Tanenbaum (2002)
In addition to those who chose prostitution as a full-time profession, many women engaged in certain low paying trades (specifically needlewomen, slopworkers, actresses, seamstresses, and lacemakers) resorted to "casual prostitution" in times of economic hardship. ❋ Robert F. Haggard (1993)
It was true -- the magic cloak, except for a small square at the bottom, was now complete, and such skillful needlewomen were these crazy-quilt makers that it was difficult to tell where it had been cut and afterward mended. ❋ Baum, L. Frank (1971)
Our house stood in the courtyard of the château, a pretty house of rose-colored brick, one story high, overlooking the low buildings in which lived several families of farm hands, grooms, and gamekeepers, whose wives for the most part worked at the château as laundresses, needlewomen, or kitchen help. ❋ Simenon, Georges, 1903- (1963)
For her the journals began to describe the dresses already prepared, for her a staff of tailors, dressmakers, needlewomen and jewellers were working; she would have on her contract the same signature as a princess of the blood, who would be a princess herself and related to one of the most glorious aristocracies in the world. ❋ Various (N/A)
Moreover, they appear to have been accomplished needlewomen; for a Breton chronicler, giving an account of the coronation of an early king (Erech) at Nantes, describes his mantle as embroidered by these priestesses with figures of Arithmetic, Astronomy, and Music. ❋ Fanny Bury Palliser (N/A)
The women south of St. Michael are poor seamstresses but fine dancers, while those to the north are expert needlewomen but poor dancers; and this is the way the Eskimo explain it. ❋ Clara Kern Bayliss (N/A)
Exquisite prints belonging to our only good period, the eighteenth century, were common; yet rather than try their skill in copying these, the needlewomen, who possessed undoubted skill, enthusiasm, and infinite patience, preferred to copy realistic paintings of the Landseer school and the highly coloured prints of the Baxter and Le Blond period. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)
Queen Mary ought to be regarded as the patron saint of English needlewomen. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)
Certain of the club members found their spare time fully occupied in tutoring freshmen, while those who were skilled needlewomen were kept busy mending, making silk blouses, kimonos and even simple styles of gowns. ❋ Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower (N/A)
The average receipts of Paris needlewomen have not, however, fallen below fourteenpence a day; those of them who work with fashionable dressmakers earn about one and eightpence. ❋ William Duthie (N/A)
It was as great a surprise to Aunt Marcia as to her husband, and she admired it extremely, praising the young needlewomen warmly. ❋ Mary Finley Leonard (N/A)
The boys went through the ordeal fairly well, being amiably desirous of pleasing the proud needlewomen. ❋ Mary Finley Leonard (N/A)
