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Pattern Layout

TPj

A B

|    | White (DMC White)

[fil Cream (DMC Ecru)

Blue (DMC 336)

Green (DMC 988)

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Color Key (see notes)

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1.    This piece is in the worst shape of any of the items studied.

It is so badly worn and faded that it took two hours with a magnifing glass and a good B&W photo to reconstruct the pattern. Because of this, the colors shown are for reference only, the only colors that can be identified for certain are blue and green, and even then the shade is open to ąuestion.

2.    Reconstruction of the embroidery gives a lovely scene; Ladies in elaborate head-dresses and f lowing gowns dance a linę dance holding f lowers in their clasped hands, while dogs leap and prance.

3.    Examination of the existing stitches shows that each stitch was done twice (see B above) i.e. brick stitch. I have graphed the pattern showing one pass per stitch, in the interest of clarity, and because the pattern can be stitched either way.

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14th & 15th Cen tury German Counted Thread Embroidery V:

Humań Figur es

Copyright (c) 1994 Timothy J. Mitchell.

This sheet may be reproduced and reprinted as long as the author is credited, and no fee is charged.

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