14th century German pillow
- silk embroidery on linen
- embroidery: Au ver a soie spun silk
- brick stitch/ satin stitch
- 35 cm * 24 cm
- original in Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin and in Victoria and Albert Museum London
- charts are available by Joyce Miller and Wymarc
A picture and a description of the original can also be found in:
Schuette, M., Muller-Christensen, S. (1963), Das Stickereiwerk, Berlin: Tubingen
3 comments:
Hi Machteld,
I really love how the pillow turned out! Did you know there also is a fragment of a piece of embroidery with the exact same pattern in the Victoria and Albert Museum?
Thanks for pointing that out to me!
I liked very much his blog when I saw the embroidery.
Congratulations.
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