Blackwork
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blackwork is a noun meaning (sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
Meaning
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
More Meanings
- A style of tattoo with areas of solid black ink.
- (obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
Example Sentences
All those garments are long gone since, that Katherine embroidered with Spanish blackwork.
In Mary Barton (1848), the seamstress sewing black mourning clothes is referred to as being engaged in 'blackwork', while the manufacturing company, the Courtaulds, held a monopoly on crapes from the onset of funeral practices […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whitework, redwork, bobbinwork, threadwork, colorwork, crewel.
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