Monday, November 27, 2006

14th century German pillow




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
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3 comments:

  1. IsisDecember 26, 2006 at 1:52:00 PM GMT+0

    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?

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  2. MachteldDecember 29, 2006 at 5:10:00 PM GMT+0

    Thanks for pointing that out to me!

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  3. UnknownJuly 4, 2007 at 2:09:00 PM GMT+0

    I liked very much his blog when I saw the embroidery.
    Congratulations.
    http://alarttex.wordpress.com/

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