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The Butler-Bowdon Cope, 1330–1350, V&A Museum no. T.36-1955.. The Anglo-Saxon embroidery style combining split stitch and couching with silk and goldwork in gold or silver-gilt thread of the Durham examples flowered from the 12th to the 14th centuries into a style known to contemporaries as Opus Anglicanum or "English work".
[a] [4] However, black embroidery was known in England before 1500. Geoffrey Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales describes the clothing of the miller's wife, Alison: "Of white, too, was the dainty smock she wore, embroidered at the collar all about with coal-black silk, alike within and out."
Life of the Virgin, Chichester-Constable Chasuble (back), from a set of vestments embroidered in opus anglicanum, from southern England, 1330-1350. Red velvet with silk and metallic thread and seed pearls; length 5ft. 6in. (167.6cm), width 30in. (76.2cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Canvas covers are typically covered entirely by the embroidery. [6] Satin and velvet covers usually allow some of the base material to show through, due to their decorative nature. [6] Velvet bindings often featured embroidered appliqués, with little to no embroidery done on the velvet itself. [6] "The cloth was embroidered separately before ...
Jane Morris's embroidery: Bag, embroidered silk. c.1878, Colored silks, metal mount. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The Legend of Good Women embroidered panels, 1880s, by Jane Morris and Elizabeth Burden, Castle Howard. [2] Honeysuckle embroidery, designed in 1876, made 1880s, silk and linen, William Morris Gallery, London. [9]
Thomas Wardle imported some tussar silk in woven form, but the embroiders were interested in the dyed yarns, specifically floss which was suitable for embroidery thread. Art needlework was an expression of the Arts and Crafts movement and Elizabeth has been called a leading practitioner of the art, inspired by the likes of William Morris , with ...