A VERY OLD embroidery...

Apr 22, 2006 1 Replies

Wow , i am still not over the surprise , i got a bag with some parts of old embroideries ,,,, and one is just BREATHTAKING , becuse of it`s beauty and it`s smell !!! 27 x 16.5 cm. the embroider is made of 7 lengthwise pannels, 4 wide pannels made of



7 square flowers, encircled with thin pannels. that also go lengthwise or widthwise. Each sqare flower measures 2,8 x 2,8 cm ,,, has 8 leaves , 2 to each side in one color made in half tent stich, and an other color that encircles the leaves` body and fills the corners ,,, colored used are Castania brown with [faded] bordeaux and a middle in yellow. [14 flowers] [on right sides pannels they are 1st [from me ] 4th and 5th , on left side pannels they are 2nd, 3rd , 6th and 7th ,,, the other 14 flowers are with Dark blue leaves and dark green and a red middle. The thinner pannels display another pattern, and are mainlly green ,and all other colors mentioned above. The background cloth that barely shows on a side tear, is a very closely woven cotton, used for clothing items.. But oit is quite old , and has dirt on it ,, I don`t know where it came from , will have to check books ,,,, after i cleaned it ,,, brrrrrr . mirjam

Hello, I to came into some old textiles too. They came from an older man whose grandparents had brought them over from Ireland before the turn of the last century.His family had no use for them and told him to dump them. They were in two large tea chests. Some of the table cloths are beautifully done but you can tell that they were used and loved enough to be brought to our country when they came. I told the man that I would love them like he did and it did seem to comfort him. He has passed away now and now my problem is now what to do with them all. I have two tea chests full of things that are to old to use and I don't think that they are worth anything as they have been much used. I was thinking of the purls around the pillow cases but the might tear it with the added weight I am no martyr but this was the cutest older man you have ever seen and I have a thing about old men I guess.

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