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Blackwork

Blackwork, sometimes historically termed Spanish blackwork, is a form of embroidery generally worked in black thread, although other colours are also used on occasion, as in scarletwork, where the embroidery is worked in red thread. Most strongly associated with Tudor period England, blackwork typically, though not always, takes the form of a…

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Blackwork

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples131
Avg. degree1.95
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Blackwork

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related to Bibliography · 80
Blackwork → Altherr, Arnold, Bart, Batsford, Batsford Ltd, Becky, Beginner's Guide, Blackwork Embroidery, Blackwork Embroidery Stitches, Book One, Book Two, Boon, Brenda, Charles, David, Day, Design, Digby, Dover, Dover Publications
related to history · 18
Blackwork → Alison, Aragon, Canterbury Tales, Catherine, England, European, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry VIII, Historically, However, Indian Kasuti, Kasuti, Mamluk, Mamluk Egyptian, Of, Spain, Spanish, The
related to 16th-century blackwork · 17
Blackwork → Art Institute, Bess, Chicago, Detail, Elizabeth, Geometric, George Gower, Hans Holbein, Hardwick, Holbein, Jane Seymour, Linen, Mary Cornwallis, Portrait, Simon George, Venice, Younger
related to Technique · 5
Blackwork → Historically, In, Modern, Most, The
related to Modern blackwork · 4
Blackwork → Common, Much, Today, Tudor
related to External links · 3
Blackwork → Blackwork Embroidery, Blackwork Embroidery PrimerBlackwork, CostumeHolbein Stitch DiagramIntroduction

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embroidery counted stitch thread black stitches used fabric linen holbein worked form silk england sometimes technique also geometric patterns english

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cushion covers throughout the reign of Elizabeth Iinstance ofand for household items0.80text
but lost popularity as a technique by the 17th century.Historic English blackwork embroidery is rare to find well-preservedinstance ofand for household items0.80text
as the iron-based dye used to create the thread's black colour was corrosiveinstance ofand for household items0.80text
and there are currently no conservation techniques that can stop the decayinstance ofand for household items0.80text
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkGeometric0.60section
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkVenice0.60section
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkPortrait0.60section
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkSimon George0.60section
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkHans Holbein0.60section
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkYounger0.60section
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkHolbein0.60section
Blackworkrelated to 16th-century blackworkDetail0.60section

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