Hello In the National Museum of Amsterdam is a linen lace bedcover with two matching pillows on display. The pieces are dating from Catharina de Medici period. The set is decorated with cutwork, embroidery, Reticella and bordered with bobbin lace.
The embroidery is done by applying motifs of the same linnen of the bedcover with the overhand stitch. The description is application embroidery. Someone told me this technique cannot be called application embroidery as stitches can be seen at the backside. I wonder how else the motifs could be sewn on the extremely fine material. Nath - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
