Embroidery Applications: Difference between revisions
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* Altar Frontal, late 14th century, German, Silk on linen (Met 69.106), but text says worked in wool. | * Altar Frontal, late 14th century, German, Silk on linen (Met 69.106), but text says worked in wool. | ||
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* Altarcloth (detail), second half of 14th century, German; From the convent of Altenberg, Linen embroidered with satin, chain, chevron, and Romanian stitches (Met 29.87) | |||
Source: Embroidery from Europe | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Source: Embroidery from Europe | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Revision as of 13:46, 2 March 2011
This is a catch-all place for how embroidery was used in our focus areas of history.
Embroidery on Clothing
General useful links
http://heatherrosejones.com/welshfaqs/clothing.html
BCE
Do we have evidence of Greek, Roman, Old Testament, or Coptic embroidery?
1AD - 500AD
- Palestinian tunic for a child -- when is that dated to?
500AD - 1000AD
- Charlemagne's Coronation Clothing ; technique? ; French ; around the web
- Llangorse Textile ; possibly embroidered, probably woven ; Welsh ; Pattern and Purpose in Insular Art (book)
- Mammen Cloak ; wool embroidery ; Scandinavian ; ?
1000 - 1100
- Stole of St. Cuthbert ; Opus Anglicanum ; English ;
1100 - 1200
- Copes, Stoles, ecclesiastical garmets ; Opus Anglicanum ; English ;
- 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) (64.101.1382)
Source: Embroidery from Europe | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1200 - 1300
- Copes, Stoles, ecclesiastical garmets ; Opus Anglicanum ; English ;
- Chasuble, ca. 1330–1350, English, Silk and silver-gilt thread and colored silks in underside couching, split stitch, laid-and-couched work, and raised work, with pearls on velvet (Met 27.162.1)
Source: Embroidery from Europe | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1300 - 1400
- Copes, Stoles, ecclesiastical garmets ; Opus Anglicanum ; English ;
1400 - 1500
- Copes, Stoles, ecclesiastical garmets ; Opus Anglicanum ; English ;
1500 - 1600
- coifs, dresses, smocks, ruffs, etc. ; blackwork, raisedwork, cutwork; Elizabethan England ; info all over the Web
- lace for edging shirts ; lace; Venice ; info all over the Web
post 1600
- Herald's Tabards ; dimensional gold couching ; --- ; Vienna museum
Embroidery on Household Furnishings
BCE
1AD - 500AD
500AD - 1000AD
1000 - 1100
- Bayeux Tapestry ; Anglo-French ; info all over the Web
1100 - 1200
1200 - 1300
- Panel from an Altar Frontal: The Flagellation, mid-14th century, Italian; Made in Florence, Silk and metallic threads on linen (Met 64.27.18)
Source: Embroidery from Europe | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Altar Frontal, late 14th century, German, Silk on linen (Met 69.106), but text says worked in wool.
Source: Embroidery from Europe | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Altarcloth (detail), second half of 14th century, German; From the convent of Altenberg, Linen embroidered with satin, chain, chevron, and Romanian stitches (Met 29.87)
Source: Embroidery from Europe | Subject Index | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1300 - 1400
- Tristan Quilts ; Quilting ; wall hanging or bed covering
1400 - 1500
1500 - 1600
- Pillow Cushions ; Elizabethan England ; info all over the Web
- Bed Hangings ; Elizabethan England ; info all over the Web