Emilie Bach

In 1873, she co-founded the Imperial and Royal Vocational School of Art Embroidery[1] with fellow needleworker Therese Mirani in Vienna, Austria,[2][3] where she also filled the role of director.

[5][2][4] She contributed to many daily papers, such as the Neue Freie Presse, Heimat, and Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung Wiener_Allgemeine_Zeitung [de] and delivered many lectures on arts and handicrafts, most of which were published.

[6] Bach and Mirani's dress and design reform efforts were covered in Viennese periodicals, including feminist journal Dokumente der Frauen and fashion magazine Wiener Mode.

[3] Design history scholar Rebecca Houze likens the attention to detail in Bach's publications to the works of German architect and author Gottfried Semper, in particular Der Stil in den technischen and tektonischen Künste...

[3] Multiple designs by Bach, including those for an embroidered sachet and a parasol "with a border in Spanish embroidery" were featured in Harper's Bazaar in 1881.