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Broderie Anglaise

 
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Broderie Anglaise cuff. Detail of Broken Vows by Philip Calderon, 1857.

Broderie Anglaise (French, "English Embroidery") is a whitework needlework technique incorporating features of embroidery, cutwork and needle lace that arose in England in the 19th century.

Broderie Anglaise is characterized by patterns composed of small holes or eyelets bound with overcast or buttonhole stitches. Later Broderie Anglaise also featured small patterns worked in satin stitch.

Broderie Anglaise edging to be worked in overcast stitch with buttonhole scallops and raised satin stitch, from Isabella Beeton's "Beeton's Book of Needlework", 1870.


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References

  • S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.



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