Painted Berlin Wool Work
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Berlin wool work with painted background. Wool & gouache on fabric, 36 x 50.5 cm
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- Berlin Wool Work - Berlin wool work is a style of needlepoint, using wool yarn on canvas. Coloured patterns on squared paper were copied onto the canvas. By using many colours and hues of wool yarn, made possible by the great progresses made in dyeing in the 1830s, embroiderers were able to produce intricate three-dimensional scenes, through careful use of shading. Popular subjects included floral designs, Victorian paintings, biblical or allegorical motifs
Berlin work was used for covering chair-backs, seats and footstools in the Victorian era.
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embroidery
- Berlin woolwork 6
- woolwork 51