Jacobean embroidery

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Jacobean embroidery is a form of crewel embroidery named for its origins in the reign of King James I of England in first quarter of the seventeenth century.

Jacobean embroidery is characterized by fanciful plant and animal shapes worked in a variety of stitches on linen. A popular motif in Jacobean embroidery is the Tree of Life.

Jacobean embroidery was carried by British colonists to Colonial America, where it flourished. The Deerfield embroidery movement of the 1890s revived interest in colonial and Jacobean styles of embroidery.