Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

Hello Susan. There is a photograph (unfortunately black and white) of the back of a jacket which looks like the one you are after. If not it is a very similar design. The picture is about 3 by 2 but shows the whole back well enough to see the embroidery. It is in English Domestic Needlework

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket Hello Susan. There is a photograph (unfortunately black and white) of the back of a jacket which looks like the one you are after. If not it is a very similar design. The picture is about 3 by 2 but shows the whole back well enough

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

There is a detail of the back (unfortunately not the full back) in Embroidery in Britain 1200-1750 Part II: Post-Reformation by Santina Levey pg 145 Hali Annual 1 It is a 38 x 28 cm section of the back reduced to 15 x 14.5 cm. Unfortunately there is nothing to determine exactly where on

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

I just thought to check the back of the annual after hitting send. The article of Embroidery in Britain is extracted from the longer text that appeared in Donald King and Santina Levey, The Victoria Albert Museum's Textile collection: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750, London 1993

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

Quoting Sharon Nevin sharon.ne...@gmail.com: I just thought to check the back of the annual after hitting send. The article of Embroidery in Britain is extracted from the longer text that appeared in Donald King and Santina Levey, The Victoria Albert Museum's Textile collection:

[h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

Sorry for the cross-post, but ... The VA has an embroidered Jacket (Accession 919-1873) http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O80226 There's a picture of *part* of the embroidery in King Levey -- and the front of the jacket and the side seam are up on the VA website (referenced above).

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

The front does show a repeat of the motif--the double acorn spiral on the mannequin's left by the neckline, also shows up above the hem, and in partial side-view, under the armscye seam on the front again. And also on the mannequin's left, sans the side-front motif which is hidden by the curve

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Jacket

Quoting Ann Catelli elvestoor...@yahoo.com: The front does show a repeat of the motif--the double acorn spiral on the mannequin's left by the neckline, also shows up above the hem, and in partial side-view, under the armscye seam on the front again. And also on the mannequin's left,