Depicting Ron and Ann and their house in Witney.
Needlework has always been an important art form of England. In the 17th century, a unique style of raised work embroidery was developed and, in its most elaborate form, was used to pictorially embellish decorative boxes used to store one's personal treasures. These embroidered containers were considered so important that cabinet makers were commissioned to create protective carrying cases so they could be easily and safely moved while traveling. This piece, one of the finest of its kind, tells the Old Testament story of Queen Esther, whose intelligence and diplomacy saved her people from persecution. The box was added to the institute's collection on the occasion of Mary Ann Butterfield's retirement to honor her work as the museum's textile conservator.
*The cabinet sold on June 8, 2016 for €4,000. Someone got a very good deal!As you all know, I've been browsing the web sites of auction houses, particularly on the European continent, looking at samplers. It's a great way to learn about what's out there, what the estimates are and what they finally
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Mirror frame of embroidered silk satin in coloured silks and metal thread, England, 1650-1675
English hunt scene from Huber c.1720
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Stumpwork and 17th century embroidery generally being my favourite historical style I was very excited to finally get to the Burrell Collection. This is a collection of over 8,000 objects gifted to the city of Glasgow by Sir Edward Burrell in 1944. Although a small part of the collection, the embroidery on display was exquisite. The wonderful part was being able to get really close and to take pictures. There is alot of reflection but I did think it was worth putting some of the photos up. A very inspiring day out. I would also recommend a visit to The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to see The Eye of the Needle. This is displaying a small amount of the Feller Collection specifically their 17th century works with some of the museums own collection. Be quick, this finishes on October 12 2014. While you are in Oxford then you really should make a quick visit to Witney Antiques. They sell original stumpwork and 17th century embroideries. A little out of my price range but wonderful to dream. Do call first to check opening and they are also happy to take group visits. They sell catalogues of their antiques with very clear photography so any students of stumpwork should really try and get hold of them. A wonderful stumpwork castle with buttonholed slips and mica windows. Stumpwork fruit tree with buttonholed leaves. Notice how all the leaves have a silk floss embroidered leaf behind it. A shining mica fountain with a coloured grotto behind. The grotto seems to be made up of thin metal plate which has been wrapped in silk thread and then couched down in a pattern. Canvas work slip and the couching line around. Wonderful wire hair on Susannah. c. 1630-1660 Silk thread couched in loops to give texture. King Solomon with a crown of beads and pearls. A wonderful wild boar stitched with a metal passing in what looks like long and short stitch which is hard enough in silk so it's amazing to see it in metal. A three dimensional ear and a beady eye. I think was my favourite embroidery detail. A silk shaded butterfly with a metal effect body. This shimmering thread I have seen on quite a few stumpworks and I think it may be peacock feathers. They are known to be used. Fantastic use of metal threads in this hairpiece. This stumpwork is from a professional workshop. you can see it has a refinement the others perhaps don't. A basket made of beads c.1675. 63 cms wide !!!
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This is the second half of the popular Cabinet of Curiosities course. Cabinet of Curiosities Part II - Stumpwork is designed to teach the s...
Next in our series of detail shots of a stunning seventeenth-century embroidered picture, entirely worked in polychrome metal purl, is this lovely...
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