Medium: crewel wool on cotton Technique: Uncounted stitches chain stitch [done with a needle] and knots and satin stitch on a 2/2 twill foundation.
Type:
embroidery & stitching
Fragment
Made in:
France
Date:
18th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Piece of crewel embroidery colored yarns with scattered motifs in a grid arrangement. The motifs do not repeat in a regular manner but alternate a florral motif [8 different ones, sometmes facing in different directions] with an animal or bird motif [8 different ones] Different colors are used when a motif is repeated.
