On 2/23/06, Carletta da Nicolosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Out of curiosity and basically ignorance on this style of embroidery, what
> is the earliest documentable date redwork was used on garments?  It is
> stunning!


I teach Blackwork...which includes Redwork and other Monochrome embroidery.
I have found photos from the 16th century from the Hardwick collection at
http://costume.dm.net/blackwork/portraits/hardwickphoto.jpg and others at
http://costume.dm.net/blackwork/portraits/jesus.jpg and
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/moroni/moroni2.jpg

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> Aspasia Moonwind
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