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 -- > Aspasia Moonwind _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
