FUNDRAISING

OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HAS STARTED!  GOAL: 5000 USD / 6125 CAD AND CURRENTLY AT 29%

To keep our Library up and running, we hold a fundraising campaign from September to December, the success of which determines whether we get to exist another year.

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NEW PUBLICATION: Jacobean CREWEL EMBROIDERY

F-RL002 Crewel-work embroidery, Jacobean design
An embroidered panel with a tree in Jacobean crewel work. The detail images show flowers, leaves, a deer, and a squirrel. The last image shows the back of the embroidery, where the original colors are preserved.
Images donated by ebay seller rylandsbt2011, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

This type of crewel work was popular around 1920, which is probably when this item was made. The tree of life is a popular theme, and the deer and squirrel appear often in these designs – maybe a Norse influence? Similar designs appear in Fitzwilliams book about Jacobean embroidery, C-YS010 Fitzwilliam – Jacobean Embroidery

Crewel embroidery allows the embroiderer a great deal of freedom both in sketching out the design and then embroidering it, adding little flowers and animals as the fancy takes him or her. Some motifs are embroidered in shaded colors, others have an abstract pattern as filling.