V&A item number T.228-1994, also known as the Laton Jacket. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O11095

V&A item number 1359-1900, the jacket that provided the embroidery pattern. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O15345

The description mentions a third jacket, so I wonder which of these jackets that may be:

• T.4-1935 1620’s embroidered jacket: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O110094 -unlikely since it is all black with speckle stitches for shading
• T.259-1926 1620-1640 jacket part: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O115757 -unlikely since it is just a portion, but easier to see the back
• 173-1869 1600-1625 embroidered jacket: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O115772 -unlikely since it is on a silk ground instead of linen
• T.70-2004 1630-40 embroidered jacket: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O101730 -unlikely since it is monochrome and a different aesthetic.
• T.106:1 to 4-2003 1600-1620 jacket parts: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O86509 -this one would be cool to see in its pieces and fits the right category.
• 919-1873 1600-1625 jacket: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O80226 -I'd love to see this one, but wonder if the loose fit will rule it out.
• Obviously I'd love to see T.124-1938 1630s embroidered jacket: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O110107 and T.843-1974 1630-39 embroidered w/wool jacket: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/objectid/O115768 but guess the monochrome and wool embroidery will rule them out as well.

http://www.goldenthreads.co.uk/ Golden Threads in the UK is the company that applies the gilt to the Gilt Sylke Twist threads for Access Commodities. I'm assuming this is manufacturer for the behind the scenes tour.

Embroidered Jacket in the Manchester City Galleries- 1610-1620, Accession Number: 2001.131, entirely in grapevines

The Museum of Costume in Bath, with two embroidered jackets, and their Stuart glove collection, though I can only find some of the gloves online. But Elizabethan Costume site says it has these shirts/shifts as well as a lovely jacket with ribbon closures on the front. Regardless of what they have online or not, it certainly looks like a drool-worthy experience.

Royal School of Embroidery in Hampton Court, to see a modern embroidery workshop, and view the large workroom and their collection of textiles as well.

http://www.embroiderersguild.com/collection/index.php  Embroiderer's Guild in the UK, owners of the similar patterned panel from the same workshop as the V&A jacket the embroidery pattern was taken from.


This exercise makes me really appreciate those museums like the MFA, V&A, LACMA, etc. who do put massive amounts of their collections online. Also, a part of me likes a full day at the V&A, and a part of me thinks, only a day?

Hooray! It is snowing. (and not canceling my last day of embroidery...) It is so pretty outside, when I steal a peek out of someone else's office window, that I just want to go outside and frolic in it for a bit before heading inside to change into dry clothes and sip hot chocolate and snuggle down with a good book and some snow cream or something... sigh, but alas, we are still at work. I'd really rather be home combing my notes on the MFA goods we got to see and writing them up for posterity.

But, at least I can share shoes. SHOES! The Walk This Way exhibit was fabulous, and since they were on display in areas that didn't have photography restrictions, I've uploaded them to my flickr account.
 I'm honestly torn on my favorites, between the lovely pierce work small sample shoes from the 1610's and the lovely embroidered shoes from the 1720's. They actually had several (6) shoes from the 17th century as part of the exhibit that just made you want to drool. The detail, the seemingly senseless decorations, the odd slap sole shoes that were essentially wedges, the lovely stacked leather soles and the lovely silk ribbons, what can I say, I was smitten. And even Tammy and Catherine seemed interested even though they confessed to not being shoe junkies. (Surely a genetic defect, being female and not being into shoes...) I was very restrained in only packing three pairs of shoes for the 5 day trip up north.

Okay, I want to go home? Mother, may I?

SRSLY