Keywords: Jacobean embroidery leaf.jpg Jacobean embroidery leaf pattern This bold leaf is mainly carried out in block shading but the colours are unusual Indigo for the outside edge soft brown the central block and light green for the inner; in the second leaf the green is employed only for the line of veining; the two leaves or sections on the right-hand side are treated as follows ”The upper one has outlines of brown between which blocks of buttonhole in indigo are worked the intervening spaces being simply decorated by a loop stitch in green wool The sprays are in satin stitch which is one of the best for small sprays to be worked solid gutenberg Jacobean Embroidery 18971 http //www gutenberg org/files/18971/18971-h/18971-h htm Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor 1912 Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam and A F Morris Hands PD-art Jacobean embroidery |