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^FRAGMENT, GERMAN, 14th eentury.' Coloured silks in brick and satin stitches on linen.

72 threads per inch evemveave fabric. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Textiles Department, tramę 1-8,

Cat# 7071-1860.

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The Stitch

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|    | White (DMCWhite)

□    Gold (DMC 3045)

□    Tan (DMC 842)

□    Blue (DMC 827)

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Color Key

"NOTES:    ^

1.    This piece is unusual in that, unlike the other items on display, it uses a different size stitch for the background fili. This allows the embroiderer to use texture rather than color to set the background apart from the foreground pattern. As you can see from the layout, at regular intervals the foreground and background colors are the same.

2.    The two motifs used in this piece are very common, other examples can bee seen in parts I and III of this series.

14th & 15th Cen tury German Counted Thread Embroidery VII: A Banded Fragment.

Copyright (c) 1994 Timothy I. Mitchell.

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

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