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Crewel work on cotton and linen twill ground; stem stitch with long, short and coral stitches and French knots, 1630s V&A Museum no.T.124-1938, England. Dimensions: Length 18 in (sleeve, outer seam)

A mythical bird is just one of the fanciful creatures that populate this embroidered jacket of the 1630s. Worked in red wool on a thick twill of linen warp and cotton weft, the coarseness of the thread and heaviness of the ground lack the delicacy of similar garments embroidered in silk on finer linen, but overall the work has a certain enchanting vitality. The design shows a development in later Jacobean needlework – the scrolling vines seen on jackets of the first two decades of the 17th century have disappeared. Each motif is worked separately, while retaining the curvilinear dynamism typical of Jacobean embroidery. During the later 17th century, this type of needlework, known as crewel work, grew in popularity. It became an important method of decorating household furnishings, particularly bed curtains and valances.
Date 1630s
date QS:P,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source Source: http://images.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/page/Home.html via English Wikipedia crewelwork.jpg original uploader User:VAwebteam of the Victoria & Albert Museum. White borders cropped by User:PKM.
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18:07, 30 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 18:07, 30 December 2007590 × 753 (516 KB)PKM (talk | contribs)== Summary == Crewel work on cotton and linen twill ground; stem stitch with long, short and coral stitches and French knots, 1630s V&A Museum no.T.124-1938 Artist/designer - Unknown Place - England Dimensions- Length 18 in (sleeve, outer seam) A my

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