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* white [[linen]] thread on [[linen]] ground ([[Whitework]])
* white [[linen]] thread on [[linen]] ground ([[Whitework]])
* coloured [[wool]] on [[linen]] ground using [[couching]]
* coloured [[wool]] on [[linen]] ground using [[couching]]
* coloured [[wool]] on [[linen]] ground using [[brick stitch]]
* coloured [[wool]], [[silk]] on [[linen]] ground using [[brick stitch]]


=== Stitches and Techniques ===
=== Stitches and Techniques ===
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* The [[Malterer Hanging]] - 14th C wool work
* The [[Malterer Hanging]] - 14th C wool work

* 14th C Whitework Altar Cloth - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mona/hob_29.87.htm

* 15th C Silk Band - http://www.thorngrove.net/athenaeum/gillyflw.htm

==== Brick Stitch ====


* Large Collection of 14th and 15th Century Westphalian Embroidery -
* Large Collection of 14th and 15th Century Westphalian Embroidery -
http://www.wymarc.com/pages/816937/index.htm
http://www.wymarc.com/pages/816937/index.htm


* Pictures from the V&A of 14th and 15th Century German brickwork
* 14th C Whitework Altar Cloth - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mona/hob_29.87.htm
** Embroidered bands - http://www.drakt.org/Embroidery/Embroidered_bands.html
** Silk embroidered bag - http://www.drakt.org/Embroidery/V_A_1.html
** Silk embroidered pouch - http://www.drakt.org/Embroidery/V_A_3.html
** Silk embroidered stole - http://www.drakt.org/Embroidery/V_A_2.html
** Silk and linen embroidered bag - http://www.drakt.org/Embroidery/V_A_4.htmle


* 14th C Silk Altar Cloth- late 14th century German Silk on linen; 63 x 62 1/2 in. (160 x 158.8 cm) - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/euwc/hob_69.106.htm
* 14th C Silk Altar Cloth- late 14th century German Silk on linen; 63 x 62 1/2 in. (160 x 158.8 cm) - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/euwc/hob_69.106.htm

* 15th C Silk Band - http://www.thorngrove.net/athenaeum/gillyflw.htm


[[category:embroidery]]
[[category:embroidery]]

Latest revision as of 01:03, 24 February 2008

Background

The Germanic lands of Europe have a long tradition of embroidery. In the period covered by the SCA, there are two types of embroidery for which this area is particularly well known- whitework and wool embroidery.

Materials Used

Stitches and Techniques

Design

  • Whitework pieces were either secular or ecclesiastical, however, this technique was a popular one for adorning alter clothes to be used at Lent.
  • Wool work was mostly secular, with moral tales being a popular topic.

A point to note is the popularity of heraldic display in Germanic embroidery.

Extant Pieces

  • Stole with Images of the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, ca. 1200

German (Rhineland) or English - Red silk, linen underlay, crimson silk tabby, metal threads (strips of gold and silver leaf wrapped on linen thread); 7 7/8 x 19 1/4 in. (19.7 x 48.9 cm) - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/litu/hob_64.101.1382.htm

Brick Stitch

  • Large Collection of 14th and 15th Century Westphalian Embroidery -

http://www.wymarc.com/pages/816937/index.htm