Designs & illustrations by Florence Caulfield to print and use

For each pattern design you will be able to print out or save the large image, or download a pdf version. A photocopier could be used to change the scale once you have printed the design. Each design is followed by a worked illustration from the book.

  • Design for a red disa embroidery motif

    Design for a red disa motif, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Design for a red disa motif
    Florence Caulfield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Download the printable version (PDF file, 1.77 MB). Link opens in a new window.

  • Design for a blue bell embroidery motif

    Design for a Caledon blue bell motif, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Design for a Caledon blue bell motif
    Florence Caulfield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Download the printable version (PDF file, 1.77 MB). Link opens in a new window.

  • Red disa, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book



    Red disa
    Illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book
    Florence Caulfield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Here Florence Caulfield has created a strong design for a book cover or a photograph frame.

  • Caledon blue bell, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book

    Caledon blue bell, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Caledon blue bell
    Illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book
    Florence Caulfield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    In creating her embroideries Florence Caulfield was very conscious of the direction of the stitch and instructed people to observe this feature carefully in order to help them create their own 'needle paintings' that captured the essence of a plant. Unusually here she uses shading on the bells.

  • Design for a wild rose embroidery motif, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book

    Design for a wild rose embroidery motif, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Design for a wild rose motif
    Florence Caufield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Florence Caulfield recommended this design for use on blouses, borders, ribbons and sash ends.

    Download the printable version (PDF file, 1.89 MB).  Link opens in a new window.

  • Wild Rose, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book

    Wild Rose, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Wild rose
    Illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book
    Florence Caulfield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Florence Caulfield claimed that her book contained all that was new and exciting but similar designs to this had become fashionable a decade earlier. One of her rules for this type of stylised embroidery was that the stem should always be in the darkest shade of green.

  • Blue disa, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book

    Blue disa, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book, Florence Caulfield, 1908. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Blue disa
    Illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book
    Florence Caulfield
    1908
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    This design was used to decorate a book cover and was one of a collection of Florence Caulfield's embroideries presented to the HMS Good Hope on its visit to South Africa in November 1908.  She recommended this design also for blotters and the corners of bedclothes.

  • Design for a blue disa embroidery motif, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book

    Design for a blue disa embroidery motif, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Design for a blue disa book cover
    Florence Caulfield
    1908
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Download the printable version (PDF file, 1.53 MB).  Link opens in a new window.

  • Design for a protea embroidery motif, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book

    <p> Design for a protea embroidery motif, illustration from The Illustrated Needlework Book, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154</p>

    Design for embroidery of a protea flower
    Florence Caulfield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Florence Caulfield worked in an Art Nouveau style using narrow stems and leaves to create characteristic patterns.

    Download the printable version (PDF file, 1.87 MB).  Link opens in a new window.

  • Protea, illustration from cover of The Illustrated Needlework Book

    Protea, illustration from cover of The Illustrated Needlework Book, Florence Caulfield, about 1910. Pressmark 43 B 154

    Protea
    Illustration from cover of book
    Florence Caulfield
    About 1910
    Pressmark 43 B 154

    Florence Caulfield worked from close observation of plants in their natural state and had the ability to create highly stylised designs that kept the character of the plant. This illustration formed the front cover of her book.

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