https://handmadehistorypodcast.com 2026-02-04 daily 1.0 https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/image01.jpg https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/image04.jpg https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/gallery02/1140a508.jpg Untitled https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/gallery02/b8612804.jpg Untitled https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/image03.jpg https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/gallery01/ff6b85c7.jpg This is a Byzantine embroidery from around 1300, created with silver, gold, and silk thread. The figures are so detailed that they appear to be almost painted! https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/gallery01/25511d8d.jpg A close-up of stumpwork on a book by Esther Inglis. The thread is wrapped in very thin wire. This cover was also decorated with hundreds of tiny pearls. https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/gallery01/ecc27546.jpg Katherine Parr’s elaborate stumpwork-decorated book. https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/assets/images/gallery01/52d5ae56.jpg This box is completely covered in stumpwork. It dates to 1660-1685, peak years of Stuart stumpwork techniques. This is in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in England.