TYPE: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: cut work Hedebo Cut work Hedebo decorative towel. The embroidery is dominated by the initials MOD, embroidered in a rare fashion: the form of the letters is cut out of the fabric, and afterwards the holes forming the letters are filled with a net of loose
TYPE: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: cut work Hedebo Cut work Hedebo decorative towel. The embroidery is a fine example of early cut work Hedebo, where the tradition of having horizontal borders framed with H hemstitching is preserved. Despite the great openness of the stitching, the embroidery is solidly worked and the
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: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: baldyring Decorative towel with ”Baldyring” . This very varied ”Baldyring” stitching extends into three borders over, and three borders under, the entwined initials, and a wide border at the bottom. The original owner of the decorative towel is likely to have been Kirsten Jens Datter (KID),
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: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: square cut work Decorative towel with square cut work. This is a perfect example of square cut work. The pattern is totally dominated by geometrical forms, different birds, and a tree of life in the form of a flower arrangement. The embroidery is divided into
TYPE: decorative towel TECHNIQUE: counted thread work, square cut work Decorative towel with counted thread work and square cut work. This is made of four equal pieces of fabric sewn together. A purchased fringe was added to the bottom piece. The top border has a pattern of three large squared