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History of Embroidery

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When the primitive man discovered that the thread used to join fur together can be used for decorative purposes as well, embroidery began and has been applied since then on fabric and other materials to add to the beauty of those materials.

Blast from the Past

11th to 13th Century. This period brought about the height of English embroidery. Embroidery was usually applied on ecclesiastical vestments as well as clothing. Goldwork embroidery also became popular, in which pure gold is beaten and weaved on fabric to symbolize wealth and power. During this period, embroiderers were seen as skilled artists and their works usually took years to complete. However, several embroideries were burnt due to the worth of gold. For this reason, some beautiful creations of embroiderers have not been preserved.

14th to 15th Century. The quality of embroidery unfortunately fell in this period because of the Black Death. The said pandemic wiped out a huge portion of the world’s population, thus the skills of embroiderers had not been passed on to succeeding generations. Consequently, the precision with details of the earlier embroiderers had already been lost.

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16th to 17th Century. The application of embroidery on other items aside from clothing had already began during this period. Home furnishings and lavish costumes were already embroidered as well. This period also gave birth to Blackwork embroidery, in which black silk thread is embroidered on white linen. The embroidery of biblical scenes with figures called Stumpwork embroidery began popular as well. The use of samplers, or pieces of cloth with embroidery designs which are passed on from one generation to another, also began during this period.

18th Century. This period brought upon a huge influence of Chinese elements into Western embroidery. Embroidery became less professional and became more of a craft. Smocks and court dresses (mantua) which were intended for grand entrances were rich with embroidery details, grew popular this period.

19th Century. With the rise of the Industrial Revolution, several innovations have already been made including the first embroidery machine which gave birth to machine embroidery. Berlin wool work became popular during this period as well which consisted of canvas painted in color ready to be worked on cross stitch with worsted wool dyed in brilliant colors.

20th Century. This period brought about a the popularity of naturalistic design which then eventually gave rise to shaded silk embroidery, worked in flat satin stitch on linen in delicately shaded colors.

Today, the use for Embroidery is countless. Usually, embroidery designs are now a mixture of the conventional and the modern. Traditional stitches were done with new materials such as 3D products including Lutradore, Xpandaprint, etc. Traditional materials are mixed as well with new effects such as bonderweb, which can be painted and transferred. The use of computers to transfer designs also. Embroidery can always still then be though done the traditional way by hand, but there are also several modern techniques to do this including professional embroidery digitizing. Clearly, there already is now seemingly unending limits as to what can be done with and through embroidery.

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Monica Wilson is a Fashion Design student who appreciates the fine art of embroidery. She also provides professional embroidery digitizing service as a part-time job.

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