4, 2009 4:34 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket
Hello Susan.
There is a photograph (unfortunately black and white) of the back of a
jacket which looks like the one you are after. If not it is a very similar
design. The picture is about 3" by 2" but shows t
Hello Susan.
There is a photograph (unfortunately black and white) of the back of a
jacket which looks like the one you are after. If not it is a very similar
design. The picture is about 3" by 2" but shows the whole back well enough
to see the embroidery.
It is in "English Domestic Needlework
Quoting Sharon Nevin :
I just thought to check the back of the annual after hitting send.
The article of Embroidery in Britain "is extracted from the longer
text that appeared in Donald King and Santina Levey, The Victoria &
Albert Museum's Textile collection: Embroidery in Britain from
I just thought to check the back of the annual after hitting send.
The article of Embroidery in Britain "is extracted from the longer
text that appeared in Donald King and Santina Levey, The Victoria &
Albert Museum's Textile collection: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to
1750, London 1993
There is a detail of the back (unfortunately not the full back) in
Embroidery in Britain 1200-1750
Part II: Post-Reformation
by Santina Levey
pg 145
Hali Annual 1
It is a 38 x 28 cm section of the back reduced to 15 x 14.5 cm.
Unfortunately there is nothing to determine exactly where on t
Quoting Ann Catelli :
The front does show a repeat of the motif--the double acorn spiral
on the mannequin's left by the neckline, also shows up above the
hem, and in partial side-view, under the armscye seam on the front
again.
And also on the mannequin's left, sans the side-front motif
The front does show a repeat of the motif--the double acorn spiral on the
mannequin's left by the neckline, also shows up above the hem, and in partial
side-view, under the armscye seam on the front again.
And also on the mannequin's left, sans the side-front motif which is hidden by
the curve o
Sorry for the cross-post, but ...
The V&A has an embroidered Jacket (Accession 919-1873)
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O80226
There's a picture of *part* of the embroidery in King & Levey -- and
the front of the jacket and the side seam are up on the V&A website
(referenced above).
