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CREWEL-WORK EMBROIDERY [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
DEF

[An] embroidery done with wool yarn, typically on a plain, coarsely woven fabric.

OBS

crewel: Short for crewel-work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
DEF

Broderie de laine d'origine anglaise, qualifiée aussi, en Europe, de broderie «jacobéenne».

OBS

Le mot «crewel» désignait à l'origine une laine peignée à deux fils. La broderie de laine - bien que fort ancienne - connut une telle popularité en Angleterre au XVIIème siècle et en Amérique du Nord au siècle suivant, que les motifs couramment employés pendant cette période prirent également le nom de «crewel».

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Embroidery (General)
DEF

Untwisted filaments of silk used in embroidery and crewel-work.

CONT

The geometric design [of the bag] is stitched ... and the background filled in with green, red, and blue silk floss ... In reproducing this bag I have made several adjustments ... While examining the original piece, I compared the colors of the original silk flosses to a DMC sample card ... For those wishing to re-create this embroidery as closely as possible, replace the evenweave embroidery cloth with 28 count linen, and use the DMC colors to choose matching silk floss shades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Soieries
  • Broderie (Généralités)
CONT

Fils de bourre de soie pour la couture, la broderie, la passementerie.

OBS

Il existe deux sortes de fils de bourre de soie : 1. les fils de bourre de soie pour le tissage et la bonneterie; 2. les fils de bourre de soie pour la broderie, la couture et la passementerie.

Spanish

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