The Chicago Embroidery Company
was founded in 1890 by a Swiss immigrant who came to America in 1877 and brought the art of Swiss Embroidery to Chicago. Chicago, due to its prominence as a transportation hub and with the local meat packing industry providing raw materials for leather and felt, became a regional center for the garment industry.
In the early days the company used Swiss Looms, also known as Schiffli Embroidery machines, to manufacture Swiss Lace, which was popular for lady’s clothing, linins, and other uses.
By the 1940’s fashions had changed and lace was less popular than it once was. World War II had begun and the government requested Chicago Embroidery to begin making emblems for the military. We learned how to convert the looms from manufacturing of Swiss Lace to making embroidered emblems and began making emblems (also called "patches") for the military. 
Following World War II we began making emblems for the National Boy Scouts and have continued making emblems ever since. Over the decades descendents of the founder refined and improved the manufacturing process to provide the highest quality emblems available.
This early relationship with the National Boy Scouts continued for many decades and led to making embroidered emblems for just about every large, and many small, organizations throughout the world.
