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I am stuck, as there is no place here in Jacksonville, Florida that I can find with a copy of a book that has Elizabethan embroidery stitches in it. Not even the library, if their online card catalogue is to be believed. Until I can find someone to either demonstrate the stitch or an online reference (or of course ILL), I am going to have to go with the heavy chain stitch.
The SCA stock clerk (sca.org) sells a pamphlet called "Wrought with Flowers of Black Silk" from the Compleat Anachronist series, it is #115. I believe they sell for about $4. A number of stitches are demonstrated, braid and plaited braid, and there's some fill patterns for the designs on those coifs.
It's cheap and available, and , I think, a pretty good intro to Elizabethan period embroidery. The list of references will give your library a place to start if you consider ILL.
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