16th Century Holbein Stitch Embroidered Flower

This is a blackwork embroidered flower pattern inspired by a 16th century Italian flower pattern from a sampler at the V&A Museum.

 

 

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With the holiday season upon us, make my 16th to 18th Century Double-Running Stitch Embroidery Patterns book a gift to yourself and anyone you know who enjoys double-running stitch embroidery!

 

 

17th Century Embroidery Patterns from an English Sampler at the Cleveland Museum of Art

This English sampler (Accession Number 1942.508), circa 1600-1630, is at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It is part of The Mary Pack McNairy Collection. This sampler has embroidery done in silk thread on linen tabby ground. Along with double-running stitch, this sampler also has cross stitch on it. What is interesting about this sampler is the variety of color displayed on it, including blue, red, and green. By enhancing the picture of this sampler online, it appears that the stitches are done by every 2nd hole on the linen. 

 

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Making Linen Cuffs with 16th Century Holbein Stitch | Blackwork Embroidery

From beginning to end: This is a compilation of 3 embroidery patterns found on 3 different Holbein patterns: the cross, the ocean wave, and the center pattern. The cross pattern can be found near the edge of Jane Seymour's cuffs with blackwork embroidery, also known as Holbein Stitch, from Hans Holbein the Younger's painting from 1536. The ocean wave pattern was found on the 16th century collar of the Noble Boy with a Marmoset. The center pattern: In 1526, Hans Holbein the Younger painted the Darmstadt Madonna, which included Anna Meyer in the bottom right corner of the portrait. Anna had on a white dress with horizontal bands of blackwork embroidery on it (per the Textile Research Centre).

 

Hans Holbein the Younger was a European painter, just like his older brother Ambrosius and his father, Hans the Elder. If you hear the term 'Holbein stitch', it is in reference to Hans the Younger. From his friendship with Erasmus, he had a letter of introduction and found himself in England to eventually become a court painter in the court of King Henry VIII of England. Compared to other artists at the time, Holbein painted numerous portraits with blackwork embroidery in them. 

Holbein stitch, also referred to as double-running stitch or Spanish stitch, is a reversible counted stitch used in early 16th century blackwork embroidery. If you would like more information on blackwork embroidery, please check out other videos on my channel, as well as my blackwork embroidery blog (link below). 

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Where to Find Some Double-Running Stitch Embroidery Patterns from a 16th Century Italian Sampler

This Embroidered Sampler (Accession Number 20.186.366), circa 1600, is at the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art). It features silk embroidery done in a double-running stitch, as well as white cutwork, on a linen foundation. When originally looking at this sampler, a few mistakes were found. Also, even though some of the thread is now missing, the holes in the fabric are still present for the embroidery patterns to be recreated. 

 

Thanks to the Met’s website, the sampler can be enhanced enough to see that the stitches were done on every 5th hole of the linen fabric.

 

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One Year Ago Today...

Here's an up-close picture of one of the coins that my husband, Baron Reinhold von Glier, struck, to pass out to the populace when I was surprised with becoming a Laurel one year ago today!