Broderie Anglaise

Boy's frock, white plain-weave cotton with broderie anglaise, probably English, c. 1855. Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.2007.211.89

Broderie Anglaise (French, "English Embroidery") is a whitework needlework technique incorporating features of embroidery, cutwork and needle lace that arose in England in the 19th century.

Broderie Anglaise is characterized by patterns composed of small holes or eyelets bound with overcast or buttonhole stitches. Later Broderie Anglaise also featured small patterns worked in satin stitch.

External links

• 1865 Broderie Anglaise corset cover
• Bonnet: decoration with broderie anglaise, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online

References

• S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.