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Designs, Period.
Section IID: Borders (German/Various)

by Carol Hanson/Caryl de Trecesson

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Section II: Borders and Repeat Patterns (cont.)

Plate 20.

A. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): clover garden border (23 high with 52 repeat)

B. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): tulip garden border (26 high with 20 repeat)

C. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): carnation garden border (32 high with 48 repeat)

(all photographed in King and in Sebba)

Plate 21.

A. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): oak leaf vine border (32 high with 23 repeat)

B. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): berry leaf vine border (31 high with 16 repeat)

C. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): cherry vine border (16 high with 18 repeat)

(all photographed in King and in Sebba)

Plate 22.

A. German 16th century (T.114-1956): large berries on vine (68 high by 46 wide vertical)

B. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): small tree design (21 high by 13 wide)

C. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): small key design (16 high by 6 wide)

D. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): star in diamond (37 high by 37 wide)
Could be extended into border or all-over pattern.

(all photographed in King and in Sebba)

Plate 23.

A. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): star in bordered diamond (43 high by 43 wide)
Could be extended into border or all-over pattern.

B. German 16th century sampler (T.114-1956): leafy twist with keys (43 high with 24 repeat)

(all photographed in King and in Sebba)

Plate 24.

A. Spanish 16th c. table cover: border of S's and flowers, with center all-over design of flowers and knotwork (border: 39 high with 30 repeat; center: 52 repeat vertically with 66 repeat horizontally; single flower: 23 by 23; single knotwork: 23 high by 39 wide)

This is from a fragment of a table cover done in cross stitch with "pink, yellow and green silk thread" (Rome & Devlin), but the photograph was in black and white. Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, Smithsonian Institution, New York.
(photographed in Rome & Devlin)

Plate 25.

A. English late 16th c. "furnishing" border (T.164-1928): rose and carnation (45 high with 134 repeat; single rose: 27 high by 35 wide)

This piece was done in cross stitch and long-armed cross stitch with wool and silk thread on linen canvas. The border is 3¾" wide. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
(photographed in King & Levey)

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