Photograph of the embroidery room at the Dun Emer Industries

Evelyn Gleeson, who founded the Dun Emer Industries, was especially interested in weaving and tapestry. Lily Yeats, the sister of William Butler Yeats and the director of the embroidery works at the Dun Emer Industries, had studied embroidery under May Morris, the daughter of William Morris. Among those who designed embroideries were the poet A. E. and the artist Jack Yeats, brother of William Butler Yeats.