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TYPE: knædug
TECHNIQUE: drawn thread work, counted thread work, square cut work
”Knædug” in drawn thread work, counted thread work, and square cut work. The wide border is drawn thread work with whip stitch. The motif is a simple alternation between women with headwear and flower arrangements. Above and below the drawn thread work border are two narrow borders of counted thread work and square cut work. Above the borders is a faded red cross monogram with the initials BID, the date 1839, and a flower arrangement. The drawn thread work border is sewn to the bottom of a piece of fabric. This has been seamed before an open plaited warp, on a narrow piece of fabric of the same quality, was attached.
Details
Please note
• The backstitching around all the small areas of square cut work
• How close to the selvage the withdrawn threads of the drawn thread work are cut
• The stitches holding the pieces of fabric together are made by winding hemstitching, sewn over thicker thread, which spans across the two pieces
• A thin thread is drawn around the small ‘stains’ below the large flowers