Cantor lectures on the arts of tapestry making and embroidery ..delivered before the Society, April 5th, 12th and 19th, 1886 . SouthKensington Museum. The figures are workedin the chain or split stitch. It has been de-scribed by the late Canon Rock with very highantiquarian skill. When attributing it toa distinctively English nationality, I donot find, however, that he mentions thatsimilar embroideries as I previously saidare to be seen elsewhere, and are traditionallyof other nationality in workmanship. Here, forinstance, is a smaller specimen, but equallyfinished, in skill of chain or split
Cantor lectures on the arts of tapestry making and embroidery ..delivered before the Society, April 5th, 12th and 19th, 1886 . SouthKensington Museum. The figures are workedin the chain or split stitch. It has been de-scribed by the late Canon Rock with very highantiquarian skill. When attributing it toa distinctively English nationality, I donot find, however, that he mentions thatsimilar embroideries as I previously saidare to be seen elsewhere, and are traditionallyof other nationality in workmanship. Here, forinstance, is a smaller specimen, but equallyfinished, in skill of chain or split stitch work. This is certainly later than the Syoncope. It is probably of early 15th cen-tury Italian work. The Syon cope is un-questionably of the 13th century, so, too, werevestments of the Popes, some of whichare preserved at Anagni. The specimen(Fig. 21) before us is taken from a panel about16 inches long by 11^ inches high, in which afemale saint is represented at her prayers. Acrowd of men are standing behind her near abelfry, and a few of the figures in the group arehere shown on a large scale so that the Fig. Part of Panel, Embroidered in Gold Threads and Coloured Silks. Thedraperies and faces worked in chain stitch. Italian ; 16th century, character of the stitchery may be noted. Thesaint was found by Canon Rock to be Santatrancesea Romana, of whom he recountssaintly and devotional acts. But the presentand particular interest of the diagram beforeus lies in its expounding a skilful use of asupposed typical stitch of the ofius Persian embroideries, representing huntingscenes, the same sort of stitch occurs, usedmuch in the same way as in this specimen. InAbyssinian robes chain stitch is largely used. The Indians and Chinese have often producedchain stitch work. lTor figure subjects this chain stitch in Euro-pean ecclesiastical embroideries was precededand succeeded by long and short stitch, thesurface of which presented a more painting-likeand less gran
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