Gifts from our past
Siegerin
Siegerin was a German margarine brand, they boasted it ‘helped housewives save’, ‘gave fine sauces’ and tasted ‘splendid / excellent’.
I haven’t been able to find any specific information about the factory apart that they were in operation in the 1910’s.
Like many companies of the time, they produced series of collectable stamps for advertisement.
Here is a small collection of x4 counted patterns from a very delicate little booklet which I presume must have been a promotional free gift.
Design Area: 51 x 73 stitches
If stitched on 28 ct linen/ 14 ct aida the pattern will measure:
5,21" x 3,64" / 13,2 x 9,2 cm
Price: 2.00 $
La Mode Illustrée 8 March 1868
Re-charted from a French ladies magazine dated the 8th of march 1868, this small collection of designs include a pretty posy of Angel’s trumpets and the pattern for a large, colorful cross.
The cross would have been stitched in needlepoint for a chasuble, while the flowers were meant to decorate a table top screen.
Design Area Angel’s trumpet:
If stitched on 28 ct linen/ 14 ct aida the pattern will measure : 5,7 " x 5,7 " / 14,5 x 14,5 cm
Design Area Cross:
If stitched on 28 ct linen/ 14 ct aida the pattern will measure : 19,07" x 30,07" / 48,5 x 86,5 cm
Price: 2.50 $