Emilie Bach

Emilie Bach (née Kohn) was an artist and journalist. In 1873, she co-founded the Imperial and Royal Vocational School of Art Embroidery with fellow needleworker Therese Mirani in Vienna, Austria, where she also filled the role of director. She also established schools in Graz, Laibach, Prague, Brünn, and Agram. She published several works on the subject of embroidery, including Muster Stilvoller Handarbeiten für Schule und Haus in two volumes (1883), and Neue Muster im Alten Stil (1887), which was later published in English as New Patterns in Old Styles. She contributed to many daily papers, such as the Neue Freie Presse, Heimat, and Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung Wiener_Allgemeine_Zeitung and delivered many lectures on arts and handicrafts, most of which were published.