Loop-Stitch Embroidery: Peruvian and Elizabethan
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An article arguing that the loop stitch now called Ceylon stitch, which appeared in English embroidery from about 1570, was transmitted from Peru, where an identical stitch appears in early Nazca embroideries (100 B.C.-A.D. 200). It reviews earlier English stitches (couching, split stitch, Holbein, canvas stitches), discusses Ceylon stitch versus plaited braid stitch on Elizabethan work, and lists circumstantial evidence for transmission via travellers and artists. A related loop stitch from Lagartera, Spain, is noted, and the article closes with endnotes citing O'Neale, Walkinshaw, d'Harcourt and others.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1989
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
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