Comments | sstormwatch: Pretty 16th c. embroidery strip

sstormwatch

Pretty 16th c. embroidery strip

Apr 01, 2009 20:19

On Tribes, Octavia posted a link to the Cleveland Museum of Art's database search, and they have *lots* of textiles that are searchable. I went through the Silks, and limited the search to 1500-1600s, and saw lots and lots of different velvets, textiles, embroideries, and other forms of silk from various nations, but lots from Italy, some Spanish, ( Read more... )

photo, embroidery, trims, research

Comments 6

bwliadain April 2 2009, 05:26:42 UTC

oh nice, I haven't looked through Cleveland as much as I'd like yet. The colors of that piece are so pretty!

sstormwatch April 2 2009, 07:25:55 UTC

Yeah, I did a quick search, and it deserves a much longer research period.

bwliadain April 2 2009, 22:51:34 UTC

aahhhhhhhhh. Left my slow dialup on CLeveland all afternoon, surfed the textile collection through lunch, sit-down breaks, so on. Had a lovely time, and still lots more stuff to look at!

hsifeng April 2 2009, 17:51:38 UTC

Some seriously nice fabrics in that link on Tribes - it's a fun thread!

barelyproper April 6 2009, 18:12:20 UTC

linked in here through your dress diary...

http://www.cheeptrims.com/store/item.asp?Category=102&SubCategoryID=332&GroupID=&SKU=RJM-890626-C04C might be the one you were thinking of.

http://www.cheeptrims.com/store/item.asp?Category=&SubCategoryID=&GroupID=&SKU=RJM-608231-C10C is also similar

sstormwatch April 6 2009, 19:14:09 UTC

Thank you for the links. Those are pretty close. The one I was thinking about came out a few years ago, so it may not be there anymore. A friend had it trimmed on her Italian dress, and I remember it came in two sizes.