Art, Symbol & Imagination
Tudor Birds and Floral Motifs: Spanish-Work Embroidery
Dark interlacing bands divide a pale ground into diamond compartments occupied by birds, floral forms and small badges. Different bird silhouettes alternate with more compact symmetrical motifs. The source caption identifies an English specimen of Spanish work from the period of Henry VIII, in Louisa, Lady Waterford’s collection. The grid provides a constant structure within which the individual motifs vary.
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Illustrator not identified. "Tudor Birds and Floral Motifs: Spanish-Work Embroidery" [editorial title]. In Needlework as Art, Lady M. Alford. First edition, 1886, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. Source scan leaf 596. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0111-0595
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Illustrator not identified. Tudor Birds and Floral Motifs: Spanish-Work Embroidery. Needlework as Art. Scan leaf 596. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0111-0595