Category Archives: WCOB (Lochac Broiderers Guild)
Blackwork Collar & Cuffs
In 2016 (AS XLX) I offered to make a set of blackwork collar and cuffs on behalf of the WCoB for King Steffan I . I based my design on King Steffan’s personal heraldry: Quarterly azure and Or, a griffin passant sable between three crosses fleury counterchanged. I used a navy blue Madeira silk thread …
#50: Laurel Cloak Medallion
Another piece for the Worshipful Company of Broiderers (WCOB) project – a cloak for members of the Order of the Laurel. This time I worked one of the 15 Laurel Wreaths that will be needed for this cloak. Once again, it was worked in gold twist and couched with silk thread.
#41: Laurel Cloak Medallion
Some four years ago, the Worshipful Company of Broiderers (WCOB) undertook a project to create a Peerage Cloak for the Order of the Pelican. A new WCOB project is to create a Peerage cloak for members of the Order of the Laurel. The cloak pieces are to be worked by members of the Order of …
#33: Mamluk Sash
A pattern darned Mamluk Sash, worked as Royal Presentation gift to Qadiya Shayka Lilya bint Hizir on behalf of the Worshipful Company of Broderers (WCOB) of Lochac. This piece was based on extant samples in the Ashmolean Museum. Worked in silk on an uneven weave linen with a bachstitched border and pattern darned diamond trellis. …
#9-15: Seven Pelican Cloak Pieces
One of the Worshipful Company of Broderers (WCOB) of Lochac’s projects is the creation of the Pelican Cloak – a ceremonial cloak worn during the investiture of new members to the Order of the Pelican. It features the devices of all the members of the Order, with pieces worked by the members of the Company, …
#1: Viking Woolwork Cushion
This embroidery was closely worked with rows of fine chain stitch using one thread of Appleton’s wool on a beautiful red woollen ground. It was to be one of a pair of cushions given by the Worshipful Company of Broderers (WCOB) of Lochac as a Royal Presentation gift to Alfar and Gudrun The design was …
Greetings!
I’m Rosamond de Montfort, from the Canton of Dragon’s Bay, Barony of Aneala, in the Kingdom of Lochac. This blog was originally set up to record my progress in the A&S 50 Challenge – which involved doing 50 things in the Arts and Sciences between May 1st 2007 – May 1st 2015, in honour of …
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