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The Emporia => Embroidery and Embellishment => Topic started by: WendyW on May 11, 2019, 03:43:47 AM

Title: What is this called?
Post by: WendyW on May 11, 2019, 03:43:47 AM

This came up on Pinterest, and it looks like something I would like to try. Does anyone know what it's called, so I can search out some resources?
http://pikde.com/media/332492384988441570/

Title: Re: What is this called?
Post by: wrenkins on May 11, 2019, 04:39:29 AM

I know it as open work embroidery (http://encyclopediaofneedlework.com/chapter_3.html) but no doubt there are different forms and types if you go looking.  8)
Looks nice.

Title: Re: What is this called?
Post by: WendyW on May 11, 2019, 04:50:33 AM

Thank you @wrenkins! That page is a awesome starting place! (Because I really need another rabbit hole to investigate.)

Title: Re: What is this called?
Post by: LeilaMay on May 11, 2019, 13:34:43 PM

Possibly 'drawn thread work'?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawn_thread_work

Title: Re: What is this called?
Post by: BrendaP on May 11, 2019, 16:13:22 PM

Yes, it's drawn thread work, or drawn thread embroidery, because you withdraw threads in one direction before embroidering over them.

A couple of the images in the link you posted are based on 15th/16th century reticella lace where threads in both directions are cut away and then a grid of threads added to the space and embroidered over.

A Victorian revival of the techniques, promoted by the art critic John Ruskin, is sometimes known as Ruskin lace.