16th Century Embroidered Flower Pattern

This flower pattern is from a late 16th century Italian embroidery sampler, located at the the Museo del Tessuto in Prato, Italy. This particular embroidered flower will become part of a pin pillow.

 

 

This flower was embroidered with untwisted silk thread on white linen.

My interpretation of the original flower pattern:

For more information on the original sampler, please visit here.