Opus Anglicanum
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Opus Anglicanum or English work is fine needlework of Medieval England done for ecclesiastical or secular use on clothing, hangings or other textiles, often using gold and silver threads on rich velve
Section of a 15th-century English chasuble
Embroidered bookbinding for the Felbrigge Psalter in couched gold thread and split stitch, likely worked by Anne de Felbrigge, a nun in the convent of Minoresses at Bruisyard, Suffolk, during the latter half of the fourteenth century.
The Butler-Bowden Cope, 1330–50, V&A Museum
Opus Anglicanum example in the care of the Berne Historical Museum in Switzerland.
Backstitch
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Backstitch or back stitch and its variants stem stitch, outline stitch and split stitch are a class of embroidery and sewing stitches in which individual stitches are made backward to the general dire
Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry showing text and outlines in stem stitch.
Odo bayeux tapestry detail
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