Mountmellick embroidery

Detail from a runner in the collections of Auckland Museum showing Mountmellick work

Mountmellick embroidery or Mountmellick work is a floral whitework embroidery originating in the town of Mountmellick in County Laois, Ireland, in the early nineteenth century.[1][2]

  1. ^ Houston-Almqvist, Jane (1996). Mountmellick Work: Irish White Embroidery : a Survey and Manual with Full Size Patterns. Colin Smythe. ISBN 978-0-85105-512-1.
  2. ^ Thomas, Mary (16 April 2013). Mary Thomas's Embroidery Book. Read Books Ltd. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-4733-8995-3.

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