The textile fragments from Oseberg included woolen and silk fabrics, and remains of tapestries. There were several examples of silk appliqué and silk embroidery, which were worked using satin stitch, split stitch, stem stitch, and couching. See also a general entry on Viking embroideries.
Sources:
- CHRISTENSEN, Arne Emil. Osebergfunnet Bind IV Tekstilene. Forfatterne, 2006.
- INGSTAD, Anne Stine (1982). 'The functional textiles from the Oseberg Ship', Textilsymposium Neumünster: Archaeolögische Textilfunde, 6.5 - 8.5.1981., ed. by Lise Bender Jørgensen and Klaus Tidow, pp. 85- 96. Neumünster: Textilmuseum Neumünster.
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 29 October 2016).
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The excavation of the Oseberg ship, 1904-1905. Digital source (retrieved 29 October 2016).