The open-work is executed on a foundation of quadratic net, while in the embroidery of the south of Bohemia segments of a circle are most frequently seen (see Plate II.) which also appear very often in Slovenic work from the neighbourhood of Pressburg.
Fine specimens of needlework are found also in the north of Bohemia, where two different groups may easily distinguished. One spreads from Turnov as far as Mladá Boleslav, the other belongs to the surroundings of Jaroměř. Here oftener than in any other part of Bohemia golden coifs appear, and the embroidery presents a great variety of articles worked not only in white but also in colours, especially bright red, cherry-coloured kerchiefs, embroidered in black, and blue aprons done in white.
From the surroundings of Turnov come the particularly beautiful dove-coifs of white linen, in which the pattern is formed by being worked round the outlines in little knots with gray or unbleached thread or black silk.
It would exceed the bounds of this sketch to enter into a description of embroideries from the neighbourhood of Domažlice, Stříbro and Eger, or to speak about the needle-work of the Čecho-Moravian plateau, where the style is again different. We hope to have an opportunity of doing so in further parts of this publication, should our public support us sufficiently by subscriptions tomake a continuation of this work possible.
