STITCH PRINTS
A group of linen prints inspired by antique Greek embroideries from the V&A archive.
Having chosen them from opposite corners of the Greek Empire, we later discovered they all belonged to one man, the 19th century historian Richard Dawkins.
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ATHENA
Linen
An elaborate cross-stitch design based on two motifs from a linen under-dress, made in Kalymnos in 1800s.
4 colourways
ILIAD
Linen
Taken from a remarkable bed hanging embroidered in Epirus, a western area of Greece bordering Albania.
6 colourways
METAXA
Linen
This design is based on an oblong cushion cover embroidered in red silk on cream linen, from the northernmost island of Thasos.
5 colourways
