Flower Pattern Being Embroidered from Jane Bostocke's 1598 English Embroidery Sampler

This 16th century Elizabethan pattern is from an English embroidery sampler by Jane Bostocke (at the V&A Museum) from 1598. Blackwork embroidery is also known as double-running stitch or Holbein stitch. Usually, it was typically found as black silk thread embroidered on white linen in a reversible stitch on clothing.

 

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          Picture credit:

Jane Bostocke's sampler: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46183/sampler-bostocke-jane/sampler-jane-bostocke/