Mediaeval Embroidery from the Collection of Mrs. Murray Crane
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An article from the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club describing a large fourteenth-century German embroidered altar hanging in the collection of Mrs. Murray Crane, formerly owned by the Prince of Sigmaringen. The hanging has twelve square panels pairing New Testament scenes with Old Testament antetypes, between borders bearing heraldic arms. It is worked in counted canvas stitch, mainly cushion or Florentine stitch, in lustrous silk. The article discusses the stitchery and costumes, with working pattern charts of the geometric garment and border motifs and a diagram of the stitch. A final page shows a wedding embroidery from Janina.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1932
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 6
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