1600-1625 Portuguese embroidery samples worked in blue, green, carnation pink, red, and yellow. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
1600-1625 Portuguese embroidery samples worked in black, blue, green, carnation pink, red, and yellow. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
1600-1625 Portuguese embroidery samples worked in monochrome blue, brown/black, green, and yellow, plus alternating pink and red, graduated shades of blue, red with blue accents, and green with red accents. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Samples of 17thC Portuguese whitework, including cutwork, drawn work, embroidery, and needle lace. Although there are extant examples of whitework from the 16thC on, it became enormously popular in 1620-1670. (Met Museum, New York)
For more on whitework, see the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank at
https://rsnstitchbank.org/technique/whitework
Posted by John McCafferty:
"Booklet of early #17thC Portuguese #embroidery & drawn work from metmuseum.org
Many small pieces of fabric...seamed together & loosely bound, to create a kind of glossary for a seamstress of coloured & monochrome openwork patterns. An amazing object" #whitework #lace