02 Pioneers and Palms

Pioneers and Palms
Introduction
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Pioneers and Palms: Three Generations of South Australian Embroiderers

Generation 1 - Georgiana Margaretha Eliza Palm 1864 - 1939

The custom in Georgiana's youth was the preparation of a 'trousseau' prior to marriage. The Museum of The Embroiderers Guild of South Australia has a collection of Georgiana's needlework donated by her daughter, Daphne Machin. These embroidered items were almost certainly part of Georgiana's trousseau, as they were worked before her marriage, and are typical of trousseau items of the period.

Georgiana's black satin 'parlor' waist apron with ribbon ties and a black cotton machine-made lace edging features surface embroidery worked in very pale salmon pink, greens and golds in a design of briar roses and ferns.

Georgiana also made this envelope style night-dress sachet of milk-coffee coloured cotton with an edging of matching cotton machine-made lace and surface embroidery in pinks, greens and browns with a design of berries and leaves.