...a marriage in 1876 in Lisnaskea/Moat between my gg grand parents James Crawford (1842-1915) and Jane McManus (1848-1885)...
I can help you out here - as tambour muslin brings Jane Austin to mind!!At the height of its popularity in Europe between 1780 to 1850, fine flowing muslin gowns, net wedding veils and scarves were embroidered, as the Napoleonic Wars made it difficult to obtain fashionable French lace.It was worked with a hook, an ‘ari’ in India, and in the West, a ‘tambour hook’, like a sewing machine needle turned into a crochet hook which was placed inside a wooden holder. A fine fabric – cambric, muslin or netting – was placed drum tight in a free standing embroidery hoop. The right hand held the tambour needle whilst the left hand, below the work, held the thread. The needle worked through the fabric and created a continuous line of chain stitches.Is believed to be of eastern origin, worked in China, Persia, Turkey and India as early as the 1300s. The technique reached Europe about the mid 1700s and was referred to as ‘tambouring’ from the French ‘tambour’ for drum, a forerunner of the modern tambourine. Named after the drum shaped frame on which it was worked.
DamonC I take it your referring to me regards Crawford, it is my maternal line and trace back to Ireland with a marriage in 1876 in Lisnaskea/Moat between my gg grand parents James Crawford (1842-1915) and Jane McManus (1848-1885) they arrived in Glasgow after feb 1876 and had my grt grandfather John in dec 1876 so they are after your dates given and I have no concrete info regards before 1876 apart from guessing their exact ages which are derived from their marriage cert from Ireland then census and death certificates, James Crawford (1842) did die in the Govan Poor House in 1915. He and Jane had four sons John (1876 my grt grand father) James (1878) Edward (1880) and Charles (1882) no issues/children for the 3 later named Charles died 1908 in Uruguay/montevideo while working on a steam ship James and Edward both died in Glasgow 1950/45 both single and like i said with no children. garngad
