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Fragment of Milanese bobbin lace, dating from the 17th century Milano, bobina di pizzo per balza da camice, in punto di milano, 1650-1700 ca. 02. Milanese bobbin lace is a textile used as a fashion accessory or a decorative trim, first becoming popular in the 17th and 18th centuries in Milan.
They created schools to teach many girls and women how to produce the fine crochet that has come to be known as "Irish lace." [4] Irish crochet and tatting travelled particularly well as the equipment needed was simple, a ball of cotton and a shuttle for tatting and a simple crochet hook and cotton for Irish crochet lace. [5]
In knitting and crochet, motifs are made one at a time and joined together to create larger works such as afghan blankets or shawls. An example of a motif is the granny square. Motifs may be varied or rotated for contrast and variety, or to create new shapes, as with quilt blocks in quilts and quilting. Contrast with motif-less crazy quilting.
Hedebo styles have developed over the years, first by the farming women and later by embroidery experts living in the more wealthy areas of Copenhagen. The earlier styles (1700–1870), known as Hedebosyning (Hedebo sewing), consisted of white linen work for creating articles for private use. [2] They can be classified under seven distinct ...
The origin of the word crewel is unknown but is thought to come from an ancient word describing the curl in the staple, the single hair of the wool. [5] The word crewel in the 1700s meant worsted, a wool yarn with twist, and thus crewel embroidery was not identified with particular styles of designs, but rather was embroidery with the use of this wool thread.
In the early 1700s, it was popular as a substitute for lace. [5]: 310 The term "Dresden lace" was used by Terèse de Dillmont, [6] other terms for it include "Point de Saxe", or "Point de Dresde" to refer to Dresden white embroidery. Broderie anglaise, which features eyelets, was particularly popular in the late 1800s.
The Butler-Bowdon Cope, 1330–1350, V&A Museum no. T.36-1955.. The Anglo-Saxon embroidery style combining split stitch and couching with silk and goldwork in gold or silver-gilt thread of the Durham examples flowered from the 12th to the 14th centuries into a style known to contemporaries as Opus Anglicanum or "English work".
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... has a repeat pattern centred on medallions with a motif of a bull being ... and by 1700 was the most admired and ...