Vintage Ecclesiastical Design 883

In French, fleur de lis literally means "lily flower" and until about 1300 they were found in depictions of Jesus, but gradually they took on Marian symbolism and were associated with the Song of Solomon's "lily among thorns" (lilium inter spinas), understood as a reference to Mary.
In medieval England, from the mid-12th century, a noblewoman's seal often showed the lady with a fleur-de-lis, drawing on the Marian connotations of "female virtue and spirituality".
This design is from The Embroidery Pattern Catalogue, a publication offering iron-on embroidery transfers that was published in the mid to late 1800s by the Thomas Brown & Sons company of Manchester, England. Many of those traditional Christian patterns were hand drawn reproductions of designs from the 13^th and 14^th centuries, a period when ecclesiastical art, especially the stunning English needlework, was in its glory.
When digitizing for machine embroidery we attempted to stay as true to the original design as possible.

• This design is available for the 4" x 4", 5" x 7", 6.25" x 10.25" and 7.75" x 11.75" hoops.
• The sewn out size for the 4" x 4" hoop is 2.80" W x 3.35" H with 7,851 stitches.
• The sewn out size for the 5" x 7" hoop is 4.80" W x 5.76" H with 19,452 stitches.
• The sewn out size for the 6.25" x 10.25" hoop is 6.12" W x 7.35" H with 30,767 stitches.
• The sewn out size for the 7.75" x 11.75" hoop is 7.66" W x 9.21" H with 46,602 stitches.
• This design has 3 thread colors.
• Click here for information about embroidery design selection and placement on communion linens.