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Womans forehead cloth, linen embroidered with linen/silk thread in a pattern of animals, human figures, insects and birds, 1625-50, English. A linen forehead cloth embroidered with black silk thread in stem stitch, and two threads of white linen and black
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Womans forehead cloth, linen embroidered with linen/silk thread in a pattern of animals, human figures, insects and birds, 1625-50, English. A linen forehead cloth embroidered with black silk thread in stem stitch, and two threads of white linen and black silk (one predominantly white, the other predominantly black) in satin stitch. The pattern consists of individual motifs of the Pelican in her Piety, a narwhal, lion, leopard, stag, dolphin, an angel, figures of a man, woman and child, snails and caterpillars. The motifs are outlined in black silk, then filled around the edge with the predominantly black silk/linen thread, then closer to the centre with the predominantly white silk/linen thread, to give the effect of blackwork speckling. The forehead cloth is unlined and embroidered around the edge in black silk thread in buttonhole stitch. The thread count is 50 x 55 threads per inch, approximately. Linen, linen thread, silk thread; hand-embroidered.
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Title: Womans forehead cloth, linen embroidered with linen/silk thread in a pattern of animals, human figures, insects and birds, 1625-50, English. A linen forehead cloth embroidered with black silk thread in stem stitch, and two threads of white linen and black
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Womans forehead cloth, linen embroidered with linen/silk thread in a pattern of animals, human figures, insects and birds, 1625-50, English.
A linen forehead cloth embroidered with black silk thread in stem stitch, and two threads of white linen and black silk (one predominantly white, the other predominantly black) in satin stitch.
The pattern consists of individual motifs of the Pelican in her Piety, a narwhal, lion, leopard, stag, dolphin, an angel, figures of a man, woman and child, snails and caterpillars.
The motifs are outlined in black silk, then filled around the edge with the predominantly black silk/linen thread, then closer to the centre with the predominantly white silk/linen thread, to give the effect of blackwork speckling.
The forehead cloth is unlined and embroidered around the edge in black silk thread in buttonhole stitch.
The thread count is 50 x 55 threads per inch, approximately.
Linen, linen thread, silk thread; hand-embroidered.
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