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| Design for Berlin Woolwork 1825-50 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This watercolor design in pink, green, yellow, orange and red is an example of the sort of hand-painted templates which were created by young ladies who were preparing a piece of Berlin Woolwork. This particular design is for a wreath of roses.
Berlin woolwork is embroidery relies on thick wools worked on canvas by means of copying a colored chart known as a Berlin pattern. Popular during the Nineteenth Century, the technique derived its name from the wool that came from Merino sheep in Saxony which was taken to Gotha to be spun and then to Berlin to be dyed.
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