TYPE: post pieces TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm, square cut work Post pieces with ”Hvidsøm” and square cut work. Post pieces were always found in pairs and were attached to the wooden columns on each side of the door of a small wall cupboard by red silk ribbons. They are unique to the
TYPE: collar TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm ”Hvidsøm” collar with a Hedebo edge. The collar was unpicked from a shift. The ”Hvidsøm” embroidery is divided into two parallel borders with a narrow chain of hemstitch in between. In this piece, fillings in the outermost flowers are sewn on the fabric, instead of being
TYPE: collar TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm, square cut work Collar with ”Hvidsøm” and square cut work unpicked from a shift. The flowers are embroidered with single or double rows of chain stitch and filled with crossstitching or square cut work fillings. In the centre, two small flowers embroidered in blanket stitch and
TYPE: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm Decorative towel with ”Hvidsøm”. The decorative towel is atypical because of the replacement of the chain stitching which usually surrounds the ”Hvidsøm” fillings by outline stitch and satin stitch, sewn with a thick thread which makes the embroidery look French. Also, the shape of the
TYPE: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm, square cut work Decorative towel with ”Hvidsøm” and square cut work. The towel consist of three borders;, the two lowest are made of the same fabric while the upper one is of a finer fabric. All three parts must have been embroidered by the same
TYPE: knædug TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm, square cut work ”Knædug” with ”Hvidsøm” and square cut work. The embroidery occurs in a relatively narrow border at the bottom of the ”knædug”, with winding hemstitch on each side. In the border between the hemstitching, one can see vines with flowers and leaves. The ”knædug”
TYPE: knædug TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm, square cut work ”Knædug” with ”Hvidsøm” and square cut work. The embroidery consists of a wide border tightly filled with patterns worthy of close study. The motif is a large central flower with vines and leaves. A flower arrangement is on each side. The petals and
TYPE: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: baldyring, hvidsøm, square cut work The decorative towel shows a rare mixture of the variations in square cut work: ”Hvidsøm”, and ”Baldyring” . The embroidery, filled with interesting details, spreads over a large part of the middle section. It is divided into five borders separated by
TYPE: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: square cut work, counted thread work, hvidsøm Decorative towel with square cut work and counted thread work. The decorative towel is interesting because it contains nascent ”Hvidsøm”, in which the needlewoman has not yet started to use entwined shapes. The patterns are plain and geometrical. The
TYPE: shirt TECHNIQUE: hvidsøm, square cut work Shirt with ”Hvidsøm” on the collar, shoulder and sleeves. The ”Hvidsøm” is sewn on a separate piece of fabric and afterwards attached to the shirt. There are small areas of square cut work and cross stitching. The cuffs are embroidered with fillings where