Comments on: Strawberry Flower http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/24/strawberry-flower/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:05:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jen http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/24/strawberry-flower/#comment-789 Jen Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:25:41 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=249#comment-789 For what it is worth, I think at least two of the coifs we saw at the MFA had blue flowers attached to their strawberries as well. I can double check if you want. For what it is worth, I think at least two of the coifs we saw at the MFA had blue flowers attached to their strawberries as well. I can double check if you want.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/24/strawberry-flower/#comment-786 Lauren Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:01:09 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=249#comment-786 My thoughts are the same as mj's. The Jacobeans, like the Elizabethans, loved using emblems, symbols and 'secret signs' on their attire, and in personal adornment. Only those 'in the know' would be able to discern the wearer's ornamentally subtle messages. Forget-me-nots exemplify fidelity in love, in Christian art; its five petals represent the wounds of Christ. Strawberries, likewise, could be 'read' in several ways: as a symbol of good works or the fruits of the spirit. Strawberries and violets represent the Virgin Mary and her attributes of purity and humility. The trefoil leaf represents the Trinity. Perhaps Margaret wore her gorgeous jacket at her marriage... Two interesting books on the subject are: "a handbook of SYMBOLS in CHRISTIAN ART", by Gertrude Grace Stil (ISBN o-648-82683-6), and "The Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art", by Sarah Carr-Gomm (ISBN 0-8160-3326-9). I love the new format, Jill! Thanks for starting my day on a high note. My thoughts are the same as mj’s.

The Jacobeans, like the Elizabethans, loved using emblems, symbols and ’secret signs’ on their attire, and in personal adornment. Only those ‘in the know’ would be able to discern the wearer’s ornamentally subtle messages. Forget-me-nots exemplify fidelity in love, in Christian art; its five petals represent the wounds of Christ. Strawberries, likewise, could be ‘read’ in several ways: as a symbol of good works or the fruits of the spirit. Strawberries and violets represent the Virgin Mary and her attributes of purity and humility. The trefoil leaf represents the Trinity. Perhaps Margaret wore her gorgeous jacket at her marriage…

Two interesting books on the subject are: “a handbook of SYMBOLS in CHRISTIAN ART”, by Gertrude Grace Stil (ISBN o-648-82683-6), and “The Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art”, by Sarah Carr-Gomm (ISBN 0-8160-3326-9).

I love the new format, Jill! Thanks for starting my day on a high note.

]]> By: mj http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/24/strawberry-flower/#comment-783 mj Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:14:37 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=249#comment-783 In Elizabethan embroidery there are often impossible combinatins of flowers growing on the same vine...might they be forget-me-nots? In Elizabethan embroidery there are often impossible combinatins of flowers growing on the same vine…might they be forget-me-nots?

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