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=== Background === |
=== Background === |
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Heraldic [[embroidery]] has existed as long as heraldry has been used as a form of personal identification. Heraldic motifs can be worked in just about any stitching technique used in the pre-1600 period. |
Heraldic [[embroidery]] has existed as long as [[heraldry]] has been used as a form of personal identification. Heraldic motifs can be worked in just about any stitching technique used in the pre-1600 period. |
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=== Materials Used === |
=== Materials Used === |
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* Tent Stitch Slip (1590-1600) - V and A - T.46-1972 - [[silk]] [[thread]] in [[tent stitch]] on [[linen]] |
* Tent Stitch Slip (1590-1600) - V and A - T.46-1972 - [[silk]] [[thread]] in [[tent stitch]] on [[linen]] |
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* Pillow Cover (1592) - V and A - T.262-1968 - [[silk]] [[thread]] in [[tent stitch]] on [[linen]] with silver gilt [[thread]] |
* Pillow Cover (1592) - V and A - T.262-1968 - [[silk]] [[thread]] in [[tent stitch]] on [[linen]] with silver gilt [[thread]] |
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* In National Museum of Denmark - http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/sojonen/netmus.html |
* In National Museum of [[Denmark]] - http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/sojonen/netmus.html |
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* The [[Malterer Hanging]] - [[wool]] on [[linen]], contains the arms of the Malterer Family. |
* The [[Malterer Hanging]] - [[wool]] on [[linen]], contains the arms of the Malterer Family. |
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* Mamluk Heraldic Badge - Egypt, North Africa, Mamluk period, late 14th century linen, silk embroidery, slanted counted filling stitch, stem stitch Ashmolean Museum, inv.no.1984.86 - http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles2q01/exh_barnes_embroidery_0501.html |
* Mamluk Heraldic Badge - [[Egypt]], [[North Africa]], [[Mamluk]] period, late 14th century linen, silk embroidery, slanted counted filling stitch, stem stitch Ashmolean Museum, inv.no.1984.86 - http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles2q01/exh_barnes_embroidery_0501.html |
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=== Links === |
=== Links === |
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* Some embroidered items in the National Museum of Denmark - http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/sojonen/natmus.html |
* Some embroidered items in the National Museum of [[Denmark]] - http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/sojonen/natmus.html |
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Revision as of 12:38, 12 August 2004
Background
Heraldic embroidery has existed as long as heraldry has been used as a form of personal identification. Heraldic motifs can be worked in just about any stitching technique used in the pre-1600 period.
Materials Used
- wool thread on linen ground using couching work.
- silk thread on linen or silk ground tent stitch, brick stitch, split stitch
- Gold Work on linen, silk or other grounds
Extant Pieces
To search for V and A pieces use this website - http://images.vam.ac.uk/ and type in holding number (eg T.120-1932)
- Cushion Cover (c.1540) - V and A - T.120-1932 - silk thread in tent stitch on linen
- Calthorpe Purse (c. 1540) - V and A - T.246-1927 - silk thread in tent stitch on linen
- Tent Stitch Slip (1590-1600) - V and A - T.46-1972 - silk thread in tent stitch on linen
- Pillow Cover (1592) - V and A - T.262-1968 - silk thread in tent stitch on linen with silver gilt thread
- In National Museum of Denmark - http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/sojonen/netmus.html
- The Malterer Hanging - wool on linen, contains the arms of the Malterer Family.
- Mamluk Heraldic Badge - Egypt, North Africa, Mamluk period, late 14th century linen, silk embroidery, slanted counted filling stitch, stem stitch Ashmolean Museum, inv.no.1984.86 - http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles2q01/exh_barnes_embroidery_0501.html
Links
- Some embroidered items in the National Museum of Denmark - http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/sojonen/natmus.html
