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Mountmellick|maʊntˈmɛlɪk|
The name of a town in the Irish Republic used attrib. to designate a type of white-work embroidery made there.
1893E. T. Masters Gentlewoman's Bk. Art Needlework iii. 77 The material upon which the original Mountmellick embroidery was executed was a stout make of white satin jean, white knitting-cotton of various sizes being used to form the stitches. The designs are usually somewhat naturalistic in style. 1920A. K. Arthur Embroidery Bk. viii. 85 Bullion knots are used very frequently in Mountmellick work. 1936M. Thomas Embroidery Bk. 187 Contrary to most other forms of white work, there are no open or drawn spaces in Mountmellick Embroidery. The stitches are planned to lie on the surface of the material with as little thread as possible beneath, and to provide the sense of ‘stitchery in relief’. Ibid. 194 The following is a list of stitches, suitable for Mountmellick Embroidery. 1959Chambers's Encycl. V. 156/1 Mountmellick embroidery is an Irish form of white work, using a variety of stitches but no open spaces. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 191/2 Mount Mellick embroidery, a type of white⁓work, first introduced about 1830 at Mountmellick in Queen's County, Ireland, and revived as a local industry in the 1880s. 1962B. Morris Victorian Embroidery ii. 40 An entirely different type of whitework known as ‘Mountmellick embroidery’ was popular throughout the Victorian period. 1967E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage i. 19 Mountmellick embroidery. This embroidery relies on padded stitches, knots, etc., giving a raised surface to the embroidery. |