Candlewick embroidery carried out with Strutt’s candlewick cotton

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'Candlewick embroidery carried out with Strutt's candlewick cotton' booklet, c.1950

Date

ca.1950

Dimensions

height: 280mm

Organisation

Strutts, Derbyshire

More details

This is a booklet released in around the 1950s with information on the art of candlewick embroidery, using Strutt's candlewick cotton. Candlewick embroidery is a type of needlework which uses heavy thread on heavier-weight cotton or linen with a particular kind of surface knot known as a 'colonial knot'.

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