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Hedebo embroidery has a long history and has evolved through several distinctive styles to the current form that is characterised by very little surface embroidery and distinctive cutworkareas filled with needlelace.

This delightful, zipped linenpouch echoes embroidery from an earlier period, 1820 – 1840, in a style worked by women of the small farming communitiesin the Hedebo region and known as Hvidsøm.

Easily recognized by rows of chain stitch surrounding the main areas, it was used to decorate clothing and household items and utilised motifs including flowers, hearts and leaves.