At 09:54 30/05/2006, you wrote:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/l-stomacher.htm
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
I think we are going to have to agree to disagree. Your top two
examples are modern, not 18th century, and while the trapunto is
similar in style to some bed gowns I have seen, the candlewick is a
completely different technique from that used in the 18th century.
Your description of trapunto that you are familiar with is precisely
the technique used on the Danish piece I have been referring to,
which is so similar to the pieces in Bjarne's photos. (It is very
small, very precise, and quite beautiful.)
Suzi
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