Similarities Across Embroidery Styles

While working on these patterns, I've noticed some similarity in style to 14th century German embroideries done in brick stitch. Since both styles use lots of geometric motifs, that isn't too unusual. They may also have somehow influenced one another in some way: I just don't know enough about the history of either style to know.

Anyway, on another blog, the author is creating patterns based on 14th century German embroideries done in brick stitch, and one of her pattern looks just like one of mine, from the Russian source material I've been using. I thought it was very interesting.

See hers at Medieval Arts & Crafts: Embroidered reliquary box, fourth panel started and my Pattern #7.

In case you find yourself interested in brick stitch, check out the following:

A Stitch Out of Time

Medieval Arts and Crafts

Helene's blog

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#18)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55563

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55563

Tkanye kontsy ot polotenets Nizhegorodskoi i drugikh gubernii.
[Woven towel ends from Nizhnii Novgorod and other provinces.] (1893-94)

The pattern is as taken from the source, and the sample is the pattern mirrored, and is done in cross stitch as a bookmark.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#17)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55552

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55552

Kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei v vystrochku. Iz Staritskago uezda Tverskoi gubernii.
[Towel end and sheet in hemstitch. Staritsa district of Tver province.] (1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#16)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55478

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55478

Kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei v vystrochku. Iz Staritskago uezda Tverskoi gubernii.

[Towel end and sheet in hemstitch. Staritsa district of Tver province.] (1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#15)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55497

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55497

Vyshivki ot polotenets i prostynei raboty i uzora krest'ianok Iamburgskago uezda Peterb. gubernii.

[Embroidery on a towel and a sheet, works and patterns by Russian women from Iamburgsk district of Saint Petersburg province.] (1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#14)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55478

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55478

Kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei v vystrochku. Iz Staritskago uezda Tverskoi gubernii.

[Towel end and sheet in hemstitch. Staritsa district of Tver province.] (1893-94)

The sample is done in cross stitch as a bookmark.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#13)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55552

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55552

Kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei v vystrochku. Iz Staritskago uezda Tverskoi gubernii. [Towel end and sheet in hemstitch. Staritsa district of Tver province.] (1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#12)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55477

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55477

Vyshivki ot polotenets i prostynei Zubtsovskago i Novotorzhskago uezdov Tverskoi gubernii.
[Embroidery on a towel and a sheet from Zubtov and Novotorzhsk districts of Tver province.] (1893-94)

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#1 revisited)

A new version of the first posted pattern, this time in cross-stitch.

From Russian folk embroidery, based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery (this one is in the top right corner): http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55319

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.
Image ID: 55319
Kontsy ot polotenets beloi s krasnoi vystrochki Tverskoi gubernii. [Towel end from Tver province embroidered in red hemstitch.] (1893-94)


The sample is done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#11)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55550

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55550

Tkanye kontsy ot polotenets i podolok zhenskikh rubashek raboty i uzora krest'ianok Gzhatskago uezda Smolenskoi guber.

[Woven towel ends and hems of women's blouses, works and patterns by Russian women from Gzhatsk district of Smolensk province.] (1893-94)

The sample is done in cross stitch as a bookmark.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#10)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55562

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55562

Tkanye kontsy ot polotenets Nizhegorodskoi i drugikh gubernii.
[Woven towel ends from Nizhnii Novgorod and other provinces.] (1893-94)

The sample is done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian folk embroidery (#9)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55476

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55476

Kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei v vystrochku. Iz Staritskago uezda Tverskoi gubernii. [Towel end and sheet in hemstitch. Staritsa district of Tver province.] (1893-94)

The sample is done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#8)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55476

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55476

Kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei v vystrochku. Iz Staritskago uezda Tverskoi gubernii.
[Towel end and sheet in hemstitch. Staritsa district of Tver province.] (1893-94)

The sample is done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian folk embroidery (#7)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55319

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55319

Kontsy ot polotenets beloi s krasnoi vystrochki Tverskoi gubernii.
[Towel end from Tver province embroidered in red hemstitch.] (1893-94)

The sample is done in cross stitch. The original was probably filet lace or something like it--It's difficult to tell from the grayscale image. Both positive and negative options are available on the chart.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#6)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55518

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55518

Vyshivki ot polotenets i prostynei Zubtsovskago i Novotorzhskago uezdov Tverskoi gubernii.

[Embroidery on a towel and a sheet from Zubtov and Novotorzhsk districts of Tver province.] (1893-94)

In cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#5)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55550

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55550

Tkanye kontsy ot polotenets i podolok zhenskikh rubashek raboty i uzora krest'ianok Gzhatskago uezda Smolenskoi guber.

[Woven towel ends and hems of women's blouses, works and patterns by Russian women from Gzhatsk district of Smolensk province.] (1893-94)

In cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#4)

Another pattern from Russian folk embroidery, based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery (top on the left side):

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55319

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.
Image ID: 55319
Kontsy ot polotenets beloi s krasnoi vystrochki Tverskoi gubernii.
[Towel end from Tver province embroidered in red hemstitch.] (1893-94)

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#3)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55518

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55518

Vyshivki ot polotenets i prostynei Zubtsovskago i Novotorzhskago uezdov Tverskoi gubernii.
[Embroidery on a towel and a sheet from Zubtov and Novotorzhsk districts of Tver province.] (1893-94)

The sample is stitched as a bookmark in cross-stitch.

Pattern: More Russian folk embroidery (#2)

Another pattern from Russian folk embroidery, based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery (this one third down on the left side):

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55319

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.
Image ID: 55319
Kontsy ot polotenets beloi s krasnoi vystrochki Tverskoi gubernii.
[Towel end from Tver province embroidered in red hemstitch.] (1893-94)

I charted this using an upright cross stitch because that is my best guess from the picture. I don't have any other evidence that it's correct.

I charted and stitched both the positive and negative of the design. There is an error on one of the stitched samples, but the chart is correct.