Embroidery Panel, by J. J. Sandeman

An image of Embroidery Panel. J. J. Sandeman. Linen twill, mounted on a board, embroidered with polychrome crewel (worsted) wools imitating the free style embroidery of the 17th & 18th centuries, often called "Jacobean work". The panel is divided diagonally by 3 lines of coral stitch. The upper section of stylised exotic flowers and foliage with a perching bird is worked in shaded satin, gobelin, bullion and stem stitches. The lower section of stylised flowers and foliage is worked in stem, satin, encroaching satin, cross, long and short stitches with some tied and speckling stitches. 20th Century.

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Embroidery Panel. J. J. Sandeman. Linen twill, mounted on a board, embroidered with polychrome crewel (worsted) wools imitating the free style embroidery of the 17th & 18th centuries, often called "Jacobean work". The panel is divided diagonally by 3 lines of coral stitch. The upper section of stylised exotic flowers and foliage with a perching bird is worked in shaded satin, gobelin, bullion and stem stitches. The lower section of stylised flowers and foliage is worked in stem, satin, encroaching satin, cross, long and short stitches with some tied and speckling stitches. 20th Century.

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Accession Number: T.5-2009
© The estate of J.J. Sandeman. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 891 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 269.54kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2013:08:28 15:20:00

Key words

20th Century _WF_Copyright birds coral stitch cross stitch embroidered embroidery encroaching satin stitch English Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage foliate linen panel patterned perched perching polychrome Sandeman satin stitch sewing stem stitch stitched stitches stitching stylised textile woollen

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