Blackwork Embroidery of a Flemish Diamond Pattern from a 1544 Portrait

This embroidery pattern is based on a pattern found on the collar of a woman in a Flemish portrait from 1544. This painting is at the Art Institute of Chicago. 

Blackwork embroidery is also known as double-running stitch or Holbein stitch. Historically, it was typically found as silk thread embroidered on white linen in a reversible stitch.

 

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          Picture Credit:

 

Portrait of a Woman (at Art Institute of Chicago): https://www.artic.edu/artworks/110869/portrait-of-a-woman 

 

 

My interpretation of the embroidered pattern on the Woman's collar: https://tudorblackwork.blogspot.com/2020/05/16th-century-blackwork-embroidery.html