La Matinata (Morning Song)

Sankt Valentin (Saint Valentine)

1996 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen, rayon, silk, wool, and metal-foil-wrapped cotton in padded satin stitches; laid work and couching

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1987 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and cotton threads in buttonhole stitches; laidwork and couching

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1987 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and silk in laidwork and couching

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1987 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, hemp, cotton, horsehair, and silver beads in detached buttonhole, detached trammed buttonhole, and bullion knot stitches; a variety of laidwork and couching, buttonhole and overcast bars; coiling in lazy squaw stitch; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered in overcast stitches; beaded

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1987 · Linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, hemp, silk, and cotton in a variety of laid work and couching with overcast and buttonhole bars

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1987 · Linen, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with linen and cotton in back and padded overcast stitches; a variety of laid work and couching; coiling