Rose Pouch for Dagmar

Project: Rose Pouch

For: Dagmar the Red

Date: September 2022-April 2023

Stitch(es): German Brick Stitch

Materials: Planet Earth Silk on cotton hardanger cloth, lined with linen.  Drawstrings are the same silk as the embroidery.

Inspiration:  I charted all of the fill patterns in the rose myself, based on historical pieces.  I will do a more detailed post on this project as I did a lot of research , learned a lot of lessons, and took a LOT of progress pictures.  For now, here are links to the inspiration pieces:

Embroidery in the collection of the Art Institute Chicago.  According to the museum's website, the piece dates from 1300-1310.

https://nocache.www.artic.edu/artworks/62695/part-of-an-antependium-depicting-the-last-supper

(part of a) Wall hanging at the Met Cloisters in NYC from the late 14th century.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468750

The basket weave pattern is one I found online that claims to be charted from a period source but the poster could not remember/find what the source was.  While I cannot point to this particular basket weave pattern, the Art Institute piece linked above has a basket weave pattern used for filling so we know it was used in period.

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