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Jenn Wong
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The shining city on the hill...was Carthage. Anne de Bretagne, botanical mss, dress history, hand embroidery, native plants, and dogs. Lots of dogs. Recreating ca.1600 jacket V&A 173-1869 in silk on linen using 16-17thC methods & materials
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#WIP#16thC#17thC#EarlyModern#DressHistory#ArtHistory 🗃️

Floral embroidery
Miniature painting of pensées (Dumbarton Oaks Library, Harvard University) possibly the model for the pensée woodcut in Le Blason des Fleurs (1555 and multiple reprintings, France), and in Jacques LeMoyne de Morogues' 1585-6 La Clef des Champs (Blackfryars, London).
"La Pensée" 1555 Le Blason des Fleurs, Gallica/BnF
Pensée from Jacques LeMoyne de Morogue's 1585-6 "La Clef des Champs" (British Museum)
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Stunning! - thank you for sharing the process in such detail 💚 - will there be any wee little insect/animal sitting somewhere in your embroidery, too?

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Jenn Wong
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The shining city on the hill...was Carthage. Anne de Bretagne, botanical mss, dress history, hand embroidery, native plants, and dogs. Lots of dogs. Recreating ca.1600 jacket V&A 173-1869 in silk on linen using 16-17thC methods & materials
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