page_title: Hedebo embroidery
hierarchical_section_title: Hedebo embroidery
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Hedebosyning fra perioden ca. 1750 - 1840
context_page_description: Hedebo embroidery covers several forms of white embroidery which originated in the Hedebo region of Zealand, Denmark, in the 1760s. The varied techniques which evolved over the next hundred years in the farming community were subsequently developed by the middle classes until around 1820. They were applied to articles of clothing such as collars and cuffs but were also used to decorate bed linen.
context_section_description: Hedebo embroidery covers several forms of white embroidery which originated in the Hedebo (heathland) region of Zealand, Denmark, in the 1760s. The varied techniques which evolved over the next hundred years in the farming community were subsequently developed by the middle classes until around 1820. They were applied to articles of clothing such as collars and cuffs but were also used to decorate bed linen.
caption: Hedebo embroidery, dragværk or drawn thread work (1750–1840)
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