{"title":"Berlin Woolwork Designs","description":"\u003cp\u003eBerlin woolwork developed in Germany in the early 1800s as a new form of needlecraft in which embroiderers followed a pattern drawn out on a paper grid. As such, it played an interesting role in the modernisation and democratisation of embroidery: designs could be more widely disseminated and required far less technical ability for the embroiderer than traditional free-form embroidery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-19th century, Berlin woolwork became celebrated for its particularly vivid colours—clear, bright shades, pure whites, and delicate pastels—with the development of synthetic aniline dyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pair of designs evidence this luminosi, where the almost neon green conveys a modernity that belies the painting's age. The paper grids are printed by the Berlin pattern maker Z.A. Grünthal and T.P. Devrient, whilst the handpainting is the work of a member of the Leveson-Gower family of Bill Hill in Wokingham, Berkshire.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/collections\/TC163-JZ-172.jpg?v=1742299046","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/de\/collections\/berlin-woolwork-designs.oembed","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}