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Gros Point

Detail of a 19th century English sampler with gros point stitch. Detail of a 19th century English sampler with gros point stitch. Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. T.240-1967.

Gros point is a term used to describe a canvas embroidery stitch worked over two or more horizontal threads of canvas. The stitches used may be the cross stitch, flame stitch or gobelin stitch.The term can be used to describe both the particular stitch and the end product, such as a gros point carpet. 

Source: THOMAS, Mary (1934). Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 110.

V&A online catalogue (retrieved 7th July 2016).

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