Opus Anglicanum: A Practical Guide - Book by Tanya Bentham accessories butterflies and two large doves

butterflies and two large doves set within leafy arbours together with a cottage in a pastoral scene

we believe that the sampler is English and was stitched in the mid 1800’s

498 x 3 ~ Christmas red ~ dark

Oblong double tied cross 74

Stitch count is 290 W x 205 H

Opus Anglicanum: A Practical Guide - Book by Tanya Bentham accessories butterflies and two large dovesOpus Anglicanum, 'English work', was one of the high arts of the Middle Ages, treasured and traded by princes and bishops across Europe. This practical guide explains how just two seemingly simple stitches split stitch and underside couching can give extraordinarily complex and sophisticated results that exploit the qualities of silk and gold thread. It introduces new techniques through fourteen projects that progress in difficulty. The book advises