Bradford carpet

The Bradford Carpet was made in the early 17th century (ca. 1600-1615) and originally belonged to the Earl of Bradford at Castle Bromwich.

The carpet measures 16 x 6 feet. In the Victoria and Albert Museum it covers an entire wall. However, it was made neither for wall nor floor, but as a table covering.

The carpet is worked in fine tent-stitch, a form of canvas work. It is a typical example of Elizabethan embroidery, due to the use of silk thread, and because of the depiction of rural life in a simple, realistic way. The field design is a grape vine trellis and a pastoral landscape is depicted on the wide border.

Embroidery
Styles:	Assisi · Bargello · Berlin work · Blackwork · Broderie Anglaise · Broderie perse · Candlewicking · Canvas work · Counted-thread · Crewel · Cross-stitch · Cutwork · Darning · Drawn thread work · Free embroidery · Goldwork · Hardanger · Machine · Needlepoint · Petit point · Quillwork · Smocking · Stumpwork · Surface · Suzani · Trianglepoint · Whitework
Stitches:	Backstitch · Blanket · Brick · Buttonhole · Chain stitch · Couching and laid work · Cross stitches · Embroidery stitch · Featherstitch · Holbein · Parisian · Running · Satin stitch · Sashiko · Straight stitch · Tent stitch
Tools and materials:	Aida cloth · Embroidery thread · Evenweave · Floss · Quillwork · Perforated paper · Plastic canvas · Sampler · Yarn
Regional and historical:	Art needlework · Bunka shishu · Brazilian · Chikan · Indian · Jacobean · Kantha · Korean · Mountmellick · Persian · Opus Anglicanum · Suzhou · Vietnamese · Zardozi
Embroideries:	Bayeux Tapestry · Bradford carpet · Hastings Embroidery · New World Tapestry · Overlord embroidery · Quaker Tapestry
Designers:	Leon Conrad · Ann Macbeth · Kaffe Fassett · Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum · May Morris · Charles Germain de Saint Aubin · Teresa Wentzler · Erica Wilson
Organizations:	Embroiderers' Guild (UK) · Embroidery Software Protection Coalition · Royal School of Needlework
Related:	Applique · Crochet · Knitting · Lace · Needlework · Quilting

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