CP086 Metallic Emperor Purple
CP086 Metallic Emperor Purple Coloured Purls in a 5 gram plastic box. Length approx 2m (can vary depending on width of purl).
Use to outline, cut up into chips and attach like beads, or cut to different sizes to create shapes. The variety of colours available allows the embroiderer to achieve amazing effects. The colours can be used alongside the traditional gold, silver and copper or used in a more contemporary piece to create an innovative finished design.
The wires are also available in a variety of styles from Shimmer and Check purls to Ropes and Spirals so there is something to suit all tastes and styles.
Product Summary
- 5 gram box
- Approx 2 metre length
- Great for chipping
- Available in a variety of colours
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Traditionally goldwork embroidery was worn on ecclesiastical vestments and church trappings i.e. alter frontals, pulpit falls etc. Also in Royal circles and rich aristocratic families, for them it was an ostentatious display of wealth and power.
The goldwork threads used to be pure gold and were flattened and wound around strands of animal and human hair, but because the gold was so brittle they were later wrapped around materials such as silk, animal gut, paper, or parchment. In the early days this was all done by hand, which made the cost phenomenal. The most renowned examples of English embroidery are the beautifully preserved St Cuthberts Stole and maniple which was made at the behest of Queen Aelfflaed about 901AD, it is covered completely in gold laid work and couched thread, it is displayed in Durham Cathedral.
