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Project: 16th Century Elizabethan Coif Design
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Trying to achieve a true Elizabethan embroidery look true to extant samples is harder than you'd first think. I went through a number of scrolling designs before settling on my final result. The bug motifs are based on extant sleeves found in Janet Arnold's Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlocked.
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Click on the Class Notes Button to the right to access my documentation.
Materials: Linen, Ox Gall Black Ink applied with a quill, wheat starch, paper.
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