This coif took me over 29 hours just to embroider with blackwork
embroidery, also known as Holbein Stitch. The earlier form of blackwork
embroidery is a double-running stitch, typically found with black silk
thread on white linen.
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.
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To check out pictures of this coif in progress, as well as what inspired the design on this coif, please check out my blog post here from April 2017.
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