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Candlewicking doesn't look at all like trapunto. Scroll down to see example: http://crossstitch.about.com/ http://www.garyclarkedesigns.com/candlewicking.html Most trapunto that I have seen has been a white thread on white with early works. The shear white cotton fabric with white embroidered design and coloured threads under the shear cotton seems to have come about in the 1800s. This is simple quilting but has the raised puckering that can be found with the stomacher. http://www.vintagetextile.com/new_page_189.htm To achieve trapunto with this small of a design would be difficult though not impossible. Some areas like the stems look as if they might be trapunto but I am more incline to believe that the stomacher is all or mostly quilting. What I am familiar with as trapunto is the stitching of a design though 2 - 3 layers and then a cord or tuft of batting is placed between two of the layers to raise the design more. Sometimes trapunto has been referred to as stuffed work. I am not ruling out trapunto but IMHO the stomacher is regular quilting. De -----Original Message----- The reason I think it is trapunto is that I have seen several pieces of this period, in white, on linen, and have been able to look at the backs, where you can clearly see that they are not just quilted, but threaded with what I have always been told was candlewick. If it was quilted, rather than threaded, these "threads" would not be visible. There are extant bedgowns in the V and A which use this method, but on a much larger scale. My Danish friend's piece is on a very small scale, as the Swedish pieces seem to be. Suzi _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
