Therese de dillmont biography of mahatma
Therese de dillmont biography of mahatma
Biography of Thérèse de Dillmont...
Thérèse de Dillmont
Austrian artist, writer (1846–1890)
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| Born | 10 October 1846 Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
| Died | 22 May 1890(1890-05-22) (aged 43) |
| Spouse | Joseph Scheuermann |
Thérèse de Dillmont (10 October 1846 – 22 May 1890) was an Austrian needleworker and writer.
Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework (1886) has been translated into 17 languages.[1] She owned a string of shops in European capitals and she was "one of the most important pioneers in the international and multicultural enterprise of hobby needlework in the late nineteenth century".[2]
Life
Thérèse Maria Josepha de Dillmont was born in 1846 in Wiener Neustadt, the youngest of five children.
Her mother was Franziska Schwendtenwein and her father, Ferdinand, was a Professor of architecture at the Military Academy. Dillmont attended an embroidery school founded by the Empress Marie-Theresa.[3] After her father died in 1857,