Old English embroidery; its technique and symbolism (1894)
St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London, H. Cox · leaf 134
OLD ENGLISH EMBROIDERY. 92 in the lower half are worked in a mixture of ways, partly in French knots, partly with purl, and partly in feather stitch, the colour generally dark, with spots of red and brighter colours. Purl and gimp are also used in the scrolls that occur here and there, and the… … Slipper of Catherine de Berain. are blue, darkest at their edges. The four similar roses on the upper part of the slipper are in shades of red, with pale green centres. The birds are brown, with red wings, having a touch of blue at the point nearest the head ; and the feather stitch flower in the…
Embroidery
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