Vintage Needlepoint

May 21, 2015, 5:42 pm
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I feel like I was at a needlepoint exhibit even though it was the Williamsburg Antique Mall. My favorite is what is described as “bungo” embroidery. I never heard of it & can’t find anything on google. It looks like boucle thread in long/short stitches.

This is ribbon embroidery.

More (of the better pieces) . . .

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Melita,
The first piece is Bunka not Bunga. Bunka is Japanese punch needle embroidery. I learned this technique while in Japan many years ago. i even recognize the kit that piece came from. if you google bunka embroidery, you will see lots of examples.

Nancy K

Comment by Nancy Kenealey May 21, 2015 @ 8:47 pm

Thanks Nancy. It should have dawed on me. I have a bunka brush. That’s fantastic that you studied it & amazing that you recognize the kit! The wiki page says the thread doesn’t pierce the canvas. Sounds interesting.

I got the same input via email: It is bunka embroidery, and is similar to punch needle. The small “fluffers” that look like a pet brush on a wooden base, with thin needles with bent tips, that we use for raising things like Fuzzy Stuff or Turkey work, are called bunka brushes and are used in some way with that embroidery in Japan. If I remember correctly, the original brass tacks that you still see sometimes (I still have some that I use) with a pattern on the top were also bunka tacks. The Japanese lace their silk to the frames, but I guess the bunka was done on other fabric that they can tack to the frames.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunka_shish

Comment by melitastitches4fun May 21, 2015 @ 8:58 pm