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Slips

2004-01-09T01:30:49Z

203.9.200.3:

Slips were small motifs, often animals, flowers and insects, that were stitched using [[Tent stitch]] on linen and then cut out and applied to more expensive fabrics such as velvet and silk. The slips were then outlined using [[couching]] with gold thread, to produce a neatened finish. This was a popular [[embroidery]] technique for producing household furnishings such as cushions, hangings and bed ware.

[[image:Slip.jpg|Tent Stitch Slip Applied to Velvet Ground Outlined in Gold Thread]]

The image shown is believed to be the device of the Lochac Order of Grace, ''Gules, a hind courant Or between three mullets of six points argent''. The matter is in some doubt because the [http://oanda.sca.org/cgi-bin/oanda_np.cgi?p=Lochac%2C+Principality+of online heraldic database] doesn't list the actual order name in its entry for this device, but the local heralds are pretty sure that's what it is.

Slips

2004-01-09T01:30:30Z

203.9.200.3:

Slips were small motifs, often animals, flowers and insects, that were stitched using [[Tent stitch]] on linen and then cut out and applied to more expensive fabrics such as velvet and silk. The slips were then outlined using [[couching]] with gold thread, to produce a neatened finish. This was a popular [[embroidery]] technique for producing household furnishings such as cushions, hangings and bed ware.

[[image:Slip.jpg|Tent Stitch Slip Applied to Velvet Ground Outlined in Gold Thread]]

The image shown is believed to be the device of the Lochac Order of Grace, ''Gules, a hind courant Or between three mullets of six points argent''. The matter is in some double because the [http://oanda.sca.org/cgi-bin/oanda_np.cgi?p=Lochac%2C+Principality+of online heraldic database] doesn't list the actual order name in its entry for this device, but the local heralds are pretty sure that's what it is.