18th Century Waistcoat

This waistcoat is the third in a series of embroideries recreated from original French 18th-century designs.

The series has almost become an exercise in exploring the intricacies possible to produce. One of the challenges here as with most other surface decoration is to achieve a balance that will suggest, the embroidery and fabric is of one and same story. Ideally the embroidery should appear to almost creep out of the background rather than decoration and fabric being two opposite components stuck together. This balance between lines, stitches, colours and fabric is something to try and explore and improve endlessly.

These embroideries can be delivered uncut ready for making. They may be adapted to any required size and the colours adjusted to other fabrics.