Book of Common Prayer (1638) bound for Charles II when Prince of Wales.
Embroidered design in silver thread on blue velvet, with the Prince of Wales feathers to centre within Garter badge, with crown above between initials C.P (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

I need this outfit

What is the oldest piece of lace you have ever seen? This delicate gauze head cloth with a pattern of zoomorphic heads was painstakingly made in the Chancay Valley between the 12th & 15th centuries (north of modern-day Lima, Peru)

Left front and side of a woman's embroidered linen waistcoat, c. 1615, English Silk & metal threads in a pattern of strawberries.

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Love this! My Quaker name is Returned Bland, which feels like I spend my life returning food at restaurants

#FridayFrills is this 1770s robe a la francaise made from a 1750s ivory silk brocaded with silver gilt and silk in a pattern of foliage and flowers, such as the naturalistic rose buds. The gold stomacher is trimmed with silver-gilt lace & flowers ColonialWilliamsburg #Fashionhistory

Bag, of embroidered linen, made in Britain, 1675-1700. It once had a drawstring.

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

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Looking forward to listening to this. Congratulations Dr. Erica Canela!

Why are we so comfortable denigrating the creative output of our grandmothers? It may seem insignificant within the context of much more urgent global issues, but in a new piece for Hyperallergic, I argue that it is symptomatic of the systematic devaluation of feminized labor.

This embroidery has it all: lustre, texture, a glorious array of stitches, wonderfully varied motifs. I'll admit that for 17th-century embroidery I prefer non-professional examples to professional ones, but this is a major exception. This object will stay with me for a long time

Photographed this 17th-century embroidered egg today and I have never been more delighted and scared to handle an object!!

Good morning- Late 18th c #unpicked #homespun #linen #bodice #silk thread #embroidery detail from my study collection #beautyinsmallthings

Thursday spotlight. Woman’s straw hat. This finely made sun-hat dates from c1770. Blue silk taffeta, blonde straw & straw lace appliqué. Details here Palais Galliera: palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/work/hat-ci… #hat #1770s #dresshistory #fashionhistory

All I do now is retweet photos of this object - it's unbelievably beautiful. Can any heraldry folks ID the coat of arms? I've think it's something like 'paly of six or and sa on a chief of the second three quatrefoils ar' but I can't connect any iteration of that to a family

The playing with scale seen in the tiny castle and the large birds and fruits is typical of 17th-c. embroidery. For this piece and other contemporary examples, it seems that texture, legibility, imagination, and simply filling up the space took priority over realistic perspective

Retweeting my exhausted face in order to persuade you to come to my Royal School of Needlework talk tomorrow!

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden, from a series known as the Unicorn Tapestries, 1495–1505 (Met Museum)

Pair of mules, c1730, for Tuesday shoes. Formerly part of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s private collection, the pair is especially notable for its sablé or ‘pearl-embroidered’ ornamentation. Read more here Palais Galliera: palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/work/pair-m… #shoes #dresshistory #fashionhistory

One of the things that impresses me about this embroidery is how it creates a sense of depth. Lucretia, in the midst of her violent act, really looks as if she's in a recess. The use of mica flakes as window panes is common, but using it as floor tiles is much more unusual