Mellor Laying Tool

Mellor Laying Tool

Mellor Laying Tool great tool for Goldwork  but can also be used for other embroidery techniques such as Japanese embroidery   This handy little tool is great for helping to lay threads or wires flat when sewing. The Mellor can also be used to create holes in the fabric to assist with plunging or creating eyelets. Finished to a high quality, the Mellor is a Gold plated stainless steel tool and also has a hole at the end to attach to a chatelaine or chain is required.

The Mellor measures approximately 3 inches (7.4 cm) in length.

Summary

• Gold plated
• Can be used as a laying tool or for creating holes
• Excellent for goldwork
• Best seller

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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.