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world</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Traditional_hand_embroidery_around_the_world-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Materials_and_tools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Materials_and_tools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Materials and tools</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Materials_and_tools-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Materials and tools subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Materials_and_tools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Materials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Materials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Materials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Materials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Tools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Machine_embroidery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Machine_embroidery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Machine embroidery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Machine_embroidery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>In literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notes-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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<span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" 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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C4%93ocr%C3%A6ft" title="Blēocræft – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Blēocræft" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2" title="تطريز – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تطريز" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AE%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Ասեղնագործութիւն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Ասեղնագործութիւն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikm%C9%99" title="Tikmə – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tikmə" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8B%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%9E%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Вышыўка – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вышыўка" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Бродиране – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бродиране" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vez" title="Vez – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Vez" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderezh" title="Broderezh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Broderezh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodat" title="Brodat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Brodat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%C4%95%D1%80%C4%95" title="Тĕрĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Тĕрĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vy%C5%A1%C3%ADv%C3%A1n%C3%AD" title="Vyšívání – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vyšívání" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodwaith" title="Brodwaith – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Brodwaith" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderi" title="Broderi – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Broderi" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticken" title="Sticken – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sticken" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE" title="Κεντητική – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κεντητική" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordado" title="Bordado – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bordado" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodado" title="Brodado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Brodado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodatu" title="Brodatu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Brodatu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="گل‌دوزی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گل‌دوزی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderie" title="Broderie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Broderie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B3idn%C3%A9ireacht" title="Bróidnéireacht – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Bróidnéireacht" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%EC%88%98_(%EA%B3%B5%EC%98%88)" title="자수 (공예) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="자수 (공예)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AE%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Ասեղնագործություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ասեղնագործություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vezenje" title="Vezenje – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Vezenje" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menyulam" title="Menyulam – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Menyulam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Atsaumur" title="Útsaumur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Útsaumur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricamo" title="Ricamo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ricamo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%94_(%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9B%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%93)" title="רקמה (מלאכת יד) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רקמה (מלאכת יד)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF" title="ಕಸೂತಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕಸೂತಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%83_(%D3%A9%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83)" title="Кестелеу (өрнек салу) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Кестелеу (өрнек салу)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim%C3%BB%C5%9F" title="Nimûş – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Nimûş" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Саймачылык – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Саймачылык" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupictura" 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For Bradbury's short story, see <a href="/wiki/Embroidery_(short_story)" class="mw-redirect" title="Embroidery (short story)">Embroidery (short story)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kantha_(Quilt)_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg/220px-Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg/330px-Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg/440px-Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1548" /></a><figcaption>Traditional <a href="/wiki/Nakshi_Kantha" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakshi Kantha">Nakshi Kantha</a> of Bangladesh</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alice_Maywood_sampler_-_DPLA_-_2557c943b8ce3dce40b0fc265d5765ad_(page_1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Embroidery sampler by Alice Maywood, 1826" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Alice_Maywood_sampler_-_DPLA_-_2557c943b8ce3dce40b0fc265d5765ad_%28page_1%29.jpg/220px-Alice_Maywood_sampler_-_DPLA_-_2557c943b8ce3dce40b0fc265d5765ad_%28page_1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Alice_Maywood_sampler_-_DPLA_-_2557c943b8ce3dce40b0fc265d5765ad_%28page_1%29.jpg/330px-Alice_Maywood_sampler_-_DPLA_-_2557c943b8ce3dce40b0fc265d5765ad_%28page_1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Alice_Maywood_sampler_-_DPLA_-_2557c943b8ce3dce40b0fc265d5765ad_%28page_1%29.jpg/440px-Alice_Maywood_sampler_-_DPLA_-_2557c943b8ce3dce40b0fc265d5765ad_%28page_1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2142" data-file-height="1955" /></a><figcaption>Embroidery <a href="/wiki/Sampler_(needlework)" title="Sampler (needlework)">sampler</a> by Alice Maywood, 1826</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_scene55_Eustach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bayeux_Tapestry_scene55_Eustach.jpg/170px-Bayeux_Tapestry_scene55_Eustach.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bayeux_Tapestry_scene55_Eustach.jpg/255px-Bayeux_Tapestry_scene55_Eustach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bayeux_Tapestry_scene55_Eustach.jpg/340px-Bayeux_Tapestry_scene55_Eustach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1256" data-file-height="1780" /></a><figcaption>Laid threads, a surface technique in <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a> on <a href="/wiki/Linen" title="Linen">linen</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a>, 11th century</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Embroidery</b> is the art of decorating <a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">fabric</a> or other materials using a <a href="/wiki/Sewing_needle" title="Sewing needle">needle</a> to stitch <a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">thread or yarn</a>. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as <a href="/wiki/Pearl" title="Pearl">pearls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bead" title="Bead">beads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quill" title="Quill">quills</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sequin" title="Sequin">sequins</a>. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on hats, clothing, blankets, and handbags. Embroidery is available in a wide variety of <a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">thread or yarn</a> colour. It is often used to personalize gifts or clothing items. </p><p>Some of the basic techniques or <a href="/wiki/Embroidery_stitch" title="Embroidery stitch">stitches</a> of the earliest embroidery are <a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">chain stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">buttonhole or blanket stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Running_stitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Running stitch">running stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cross_stitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross stitch">cross stitch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those stitches remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinese_silk,_4th_Century_BC.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Chinese_silk%2C_4th_Century_BC.JPG/220px-Chinese_silk%2C_4th_Century_BC.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Chinese_silk%2C_4th_Century_BC.JPG/330px-Chinese_silk%2C_4th_Century_BC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Chinese_silk%2C_4th_Century_BC.JPG/440px-Chinese_silk%2C_4th_Century_BC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Detail of embroidered <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silk</a> gauze ritual garment. Rows of even, round <a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">chain stitch</a> used for outline and color. 4th century BC, <a href="/wiki/Zhou_dynasty" title="Zhou dynasty">Zhou</a> tomb at Mashan, <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a>, China.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The process used to tailor, patch, mend and reinforce cloth fostered the development of sewing techniques, and the decorative possibilities of sewing led to the art of embroidery.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillowSentance199912_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillowSentance199912-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, the remarkable stability of basic embroidery stitches has been noted: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It is a striking fact that in the development of embroidery ... there are no changes of materials or techniques which can be felt or interpreted as advances from a primitive to a later, more refined stage. On the other hand, we often find in early works a technical accomplishment and high standard of craftsmanship rarely attained in later times.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The art of embroidery has been found worldwide and several early examples have been found. Works in China have been dated to the <a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States period</a> (5th–3rd century BC).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillowSentance1999178_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillowSentance1999178-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a garment from <a href="/wiki/Migration_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Migration period">Migration period</a> Sweden, roughly 300–700 AD, the edges of bands of trimming are reinforced with running stitch, back stitch, stem stitch, tailor's buttonhole stitch, and Whip stitch, but it is uncertain whether this work simply reinforced the seams or should be interpreted as decorative embroidery.<sup id="cite_ref-Coatsworth_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coatsworth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_applications_and_techniques">Historical applications and techniques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historical applications and techniques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_pair_of_Chinese_shoes_for_bound_%27lily%27_feet_Wellcome_L0035542.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/A_pair_of_Chinese_shoes_for_bound_%27lily%27_feet_Wellcome_L0035542.jpg/180px-A_pair_of_Chinese_shoes_for_bound_%27lily%27_feet_Wellcome_L0035542.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/A_pair_of_Chinese_shoes_for_bound_%27lily%27_feet_Wellcome_L0035542.jpg/270px-A_pair_of_Chinese_shoes_for_bound_%27lily%27_feet_Wellcome_L0035542.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/A_pair_of_Chinese_shoes_for_bound_%27lily%27_feet_Wellcome_L0035542.jpg/360px-A_pair_of_Chinese_shoes_for_bound_%27lily%27_feet_Wellcome_L0035542.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1992" data-file-height="1868" /></a><figcaption>A pair of Chinese shoes for <a href="/wiki/Foot_binding" title="Foot binding">bound 'lily' feet</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elizabeth1book.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Elizabeth1book.jpg/170px-Elizabeth1book.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Elizabeth1book.jpg/255px-Elizabeth1book.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Elizabeth1book.jpg/340px-Elizabeth1book.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1089" data-file-height="1527" /></a><figcaption>Embroidered book cover made by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a> at the age of 11, presented to <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Parr" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine Parr">Katherine Parr</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramallah_Dress_(Palestinian_Thobe).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ramallah_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29.jpg/170px-Ramallah_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ramallah_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29.jpg/255px-Ramallah_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ramallah_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29.jpg/340px-Ramallah_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1689" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>19th century women's <i><a href="/wiki/Thobe" class="mw-redirect" title="Thobe">thobe</a></i> from <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Depending on time, location and materials available, embroidery could be the domain of a few experts or a widespread, popular technique. This flexibility led to a variety of works, from the royal to the mundane. Examples of high status items include elaborately embroidered clothing, religious objects, and household items often were seen as a mark of wealth and status. </p><p>In medieval England, <a href="/wiki/Opus_Anglicanum" title="Opus Anglicanum">Opus Anglicanum</a>, a technique used by professional workshops and guilds in medieval <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeveyKing199312_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeveyKing199312-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was used to embellish textiles used in church rituals. In 16th century England, some books, usually bibles or other religious texts, had embroidered bindings. The <a href="/wiki/Bodleian_Library" title="Bodleian Library">Bodleian Library</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a> contains one presented to <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Queen Elizabeth I</a> in 1583. It also owns a copy of The Epistles of Saint Paul, whose cover was reputedly embroidered by the Queen.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 18th-century England and its colonies, with the rise of the merchant class and the wider availability of luxury materials, rich embroideries began to appear in a secular context. These embroideries took the form of items displayed in private homes of well-to-do citizens, as opposed to a church or royal setting. Even so, the embroideries themselves may still have had religious themes. Samplers employing fine silks were produced by the daughters of wealthy families. Embroidery was a skill marking a girl's path into womanhood as well as conveying rank and social standing.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Embroidery was an important art and signified social status in the Medieval Islamic world as well. The 17th-century <a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turkish</a> traveler <a href="/wiki/Evliya_%C3%87elebi" title="Evliya Çelebi">Evliya Çelebi</a> called it the "craft of the two hands". In cities such as <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, embroidery was visible on <a href="/wiki/Handkerchief" title="Handkerchief">handkerchiefs</a>, uniforms, flags, <a href="/wiki/Calligraphy" title="Calligraphy">calligraphy</a>, shoes, <a href="/wiki/Robe" title="Robe">robes</a>, tunics, horse trappings, slippers, sheaths, pouches, covers, and even on <a href="/wiki/Leather" title="Leather">leather</a> <a href="/wiki/Belt_(clothing)" title="Belt (clothing)">belts</a>. Craftsmen embroidered items with <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a> thread. Embroidery cottage industries, some employing over 800 people, grew to supply these items.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 16th century, in the reign of the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughal Emperor">Mughal Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a>, his chronicler <a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Fazl_ibn_Mubarak" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak">Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak</a> wrote in the famous <a href="/wiki/Ain-i-Akbari" title="Ain-i-Akbari">Ain-i-Akbari</a>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>His majesty [Akbar] pays much attention to various stuffs; hence <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Irani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolian</a> articles of wear are in much abundance especially textiles embroidered in the patterns of <i>Nakshi</i>, <i>Saadi</i>, <i>Chikhan</i>, <i>Ari</i>, <i>Zardozi</i>, <i>Wastli</i>, <i>Gota</i> and <i>Kohra</i>. The imperial workshops in the towns of <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fatehpur_Sikri" title="Fatehpur Sikri">Fatehpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a> turn out many masterpieces of workmanship in fabrics, and the figures and patterns, knots and variety of fashions which now prevail astonish even the most experienced travelers. Taste for fine material has since become general, and the drapery of embroidered fabrics used at feasts surpasses every description.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Conversely, embroidery is also a <a href="/wiki/Folk_art" title="Folk art">folk art</a>, using materials that were accessible to nonprofessionals. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Hardanger_embroidery" title="Hardanger embroidery">Hardanger embroidery</a> from Norway; <a href="/wiki/Drawn_thread_work#Poltava-style_drawnwork" title="Drawn thread work">Merezhka</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mountmellick_embroidery" title="Mountmellick embroidery">Mountmellick embroidery</a> from Ireland; <a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>; <a href="/wiki/Achachi_(embroidery)" title="Achachi (embroidery)">Achachi</a> from <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_embroidery" title="Brazilian embroidery">Brazilian embroidery</a>. Many techniques had a practical use such as <a href="/wiki/Sashiko" title="Sashiko">Sashiko</a> from <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, which was used as a way to reinforce clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While historically viewed as a pastime, activity, or hobby, intended just for women, embroidery has often been used as a form of biography. Women who were unable to access a formal education or, at times, writing implements, were often taught embroidery and utilized it as a means of documenting their lives by telling stories through their embroidery.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In terms of documenting the histories of marginalized groups, especially women of color both within the United States and around the world, embroidery is a means of studying the everyday lives of those whose lives largely went unstudied throughout much of history.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_embroidery_on_festival_cart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Japanese_embroidery_on_festival_cart.jpg/220px-Japanese_embroidery_on_festival_cart.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Japanese_embroidery_on_festival_cart.jpg/330px-Japanese_embroidery_on_festival_cart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Japanese_embroidery_on_festival_cart.jpg/440px-Japanese_embroidery_on_festival_cart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Japanese free embroidery in silk and metal threads, contemporary</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hardanger_embroidery.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Hardanger_embroidery.png/220px-Hardanger_embroidery.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Hardanger_embroidery.png/330px-Hardanger_embroidery.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Hardanger_embroidery.png/440px-Hardanger_embroidery.png 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hardanger_embroidery" title="Hardanger embroidery">Hardanger</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Whitework" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitework">whitework</a> technique. Contemporary</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the late 2010s, there has been a growth in the popularity of embroidering by hand. As a result of visual social media such as <a href="/wiki/Pinterest" title="Pinterest">Pinterest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a>, artists are able to share their work more extensively, which has inspired younger generations to pick up needle and threads.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Contemporary embroidery artists believe hand embroidery has grown in popularity as a result of an increasing need for relaxation and digitally disconnecting practices.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern hand embroidery, as opposed to <a href="/wiki/Cross-stitch" title="Cross-stitch">cross-stitching</a>, is characterized by a more "liberal" approach, where stitches are more freely combined in unconventional ways to create various textures and designs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Modern canvas work tends to follow symmetrical counted stitching patterns with designs emerging from the repetition of one or just a few similar stitches in a variety of hues. In contrast, many forms of surface embroidery make use of a wide range of stitching patterns in a single piece of work.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReader's_Digest19791–19,_112–117_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReader's_Digest19791–19,_112–117-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate_crisis">Climate crisis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate crisis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Training women in traditional embroidery skills in <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, was begun by <a href="/wiki/Bai_Jingying" title="Bai Jingying">Bai Jingying</a> as a reaction to the financial pressures caused by the impact of climate change, including <a href="/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification">desertification</a>, in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cross_stitch_embroidery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cross_stitch_embroidery.jpg/220px-Cross_stitch_embroidery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cross_stitch_embroidery.jpg/330px-Cross_stitch_embroidery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cross_stitch_embroidery.jpg/440px-Cross_stitch_embroidery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Tea-cloth, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, mid-20th century</figcaption></figure> <p>Embroidery can be classified according to what degree the design takes into account the nature of the base material and by the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric. The main categories are free or <a href="/wiki/Surface_embroidery" title="Surface embroidery">surface embroidery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Counted-thread_embroidery" title="Counted-thread embroidery">counted-thread embroidery</a>, and needlepoint or canvas work.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In free or surface embroidery, designs are applied without regard to the weave of the underlying fabric. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Crewel_embroidery" title="Crewel embroidery">crewel</a> and traditional Chinese and Japanese embroidery. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Counted-thread_embroidery" title="Counted-thread embroidery">Counted-thread embroidery</a> <a href="/wiki/Patterns" class="mw-redirect" title="Patterns">patterns</a> are created by making stitches over a predetermined number of threads in the foundation fabric. Counted-thread embroidery is more easily worked on an <a href="/wiki/Even-weave" class="mw-redirect" title="Even-weave">even-weave</a> foundation fabric such as embroidery <a href="/wiki/Canvas" title="Canvas">canvas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aida_cloth" title="Aida cloth">aida cloth</a>, or specially woven <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linen" title="Linen">linen</a> fabrics. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Cross-stitch" title="Cross-stitch">cross-stitch</a> and some forms of <a href="/wiki/Blackwork_embroidery" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackwork embroidery">blackwork embroidery</a>. </p><p>While similar to counted thread in regards to technique, in <a href="/wiki/Canvas_work" class="mw-redirect" title="Canvas work">canvas work</a> or <a href="/wiki/Needlepoint" title="Needlepoint">needlepoint</a>, threads are stitched through a fabric mesh to create a dense pattern that completely covers the foundation fabric.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGillowSentance1999198_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGillowSentance1999198-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples of canvas work include <a href="/wiki/Bargello_(needlework)" title="Bargello (needlework)">bargello</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berlin_wool_work" title="Berlin wool work">Berlin wool work</a>. </p><p>Embroidery can also be classified by the similarity of its appearance. In <a href="/wiki/Drawn_thread_work" title="Drawn thread work">drawn thread work</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cutwork" title="Cutwork">cutwork</a>, the foundation fabric is deformed or cut away to create holes that are then embellished with embroidery, often with thread in the same color as the foundation fabric. When created with white thread on white linen or cotton, this work is collectively referred to as <a href="/wiki/Whitework" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitework">whitework</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReader's_Digest197974–91_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReader's_Digest197974–91-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, whitework can either be counted or free. <a href="/wiki/Hardanger_embroidery" title="Hardanger embroidery">Hardanger embroidery</a> is a counted embroidery and the designs are often geometric.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conversely, styles such as <a href="/wiki/Broderie_anglaise" title="Broderie anglaise">Broderie anglaise</a> are similar to free embroidery, with floral or abstract designs that are not dependent on the weave of the fabric.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditional_hand_embroidery_around_the_world">Traditional hand embroidery around the world</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Traditional hand embroidery around the world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Embroidery" title="Special:EditPage/Embroidery">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th>Traditional embroidery </th> <th>Origin </th> <th>Stitches used </th> <th>materials </th> <th>Picture </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_of_India" title="Embroidery of India">Aari embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kutch_district" title="Kutch district">Kutch, Gujarat, India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">Chain stitch</a> </td> <td>Silk thread, fabric, beads or sequins </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_needlework" title="Art needlework">Art needlework</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg/145px-Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg/217px-Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg/289px-Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="552" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Assisi_embroidery" title="Assisi embroidery">Assisi embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assisi" title="Assisi">Assisi</a>, Italy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">Backstitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">cross stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holbein_stitch" title="Holbein stitch">Holbein stitch</a> </td> <td>Cloth, red thread, silk, stranded perlé cotton </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:AssisiBorder.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/AssisiBorder.JPG/155px-AssisiBorder.JPG" decoding="async" width="155" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/AssisiBorder.JPG/233px-AssisiBorder.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/AssisiBorder.JPG/310px-AssisiBorder.JPG 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="582" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Balochi_needlework" title="Balochi needlework">Balochi needlework</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan, Pakistan</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Beads, cloth, <a href="/wiki/Shisha_(embroidery)" title="Shisha (embroidery)">shisha</a>, thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C.jpg/110px-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C.jpg/165px-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C.jpg/220px-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="706" data-file-height="960" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bargello_(needlework)" title="Bargello (needlework)">Bargello</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a>, Italy </td> <td>Vertical stitches (e.g. "flame stitch") </td> <td>Linen or cotton canvas, wool floss or yarn </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Purse_(USA),_18th_century_(CH_18457595).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Purse_%28USA%29%2C_18th_century_%28CH_18457595%29.jpg/287px-Purse_%28USA%29%2C_18th_century_%28CH_18457595%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="287" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Purse_%28USA%29%2C_18th_century_%28CH_18457595%29.jpg/431px-Purse_%28USA%29%2C_18th_century_%28CH_18457595%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Purse_%28USA%29%2C_18th_century_%28CH_18457595%29.jpg/574px-Purse_%28USA%29%2C_18th_century_%28CH_18457595%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4095" data-file-height="2140" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin_wool_work" title="Berlin wool work">Berlin wool work</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">Cross stitch</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tent_stitch" title="Tent stitch">tent stitch</a> </td> <td>Linen or cotton canvas, wool floss or yarn </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg/188px-Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg/282px-Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg/376px-Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5406" data-file-height="4318" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackwork" title="Blackwork">Blackwork</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">Backstitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holbein_stitch" title="Holbein stitch">Holbein stitch</a>, stem stitch </td> <td>Linen or cotton fabric, black or red silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:English_cover,_AIC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/English_cover%2C_AIC.jpg/141px-English_cover%2C_AIC.jpg" decoding="async" width="141" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/English_cover%2C_AIC.jpg/212px-English_cover%2C_AIC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/English_cover%2C_AIC.jpg/282px-English_cover%2C_AIC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="653" data-file-height="694" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_embroidery" title="Brazilian embroidery">Brazilian embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </td> <td>Bullion knots, cast-on stitch, drizzle stitch, <a href="/wiki/Knotted_stitch" title="Knotted stitch">French knots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Featherstitch" title="Featherstitch">featherstitch</a>, fly stitch, stem stitch </td> <td>Cloth, <a href="/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon">rayon</a> thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg/112px-Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg/169px-Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg/225px-Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Broderie_anglaise" title="Broderie anglaise">Broderie anglaise</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czechia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Overcast_stitch" title="Overcast stitch">overcast stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitch</a> </td> <td>White cloth and thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Boy%27s_frock_broderie_anglaise.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Boy%27s_frock_broderie_anglaise.png/104px-Boy%27s_frock_broderie_anglaise.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Boy%27s_frock_broderie_anglaise.png/157px-Boy%27s_frock_broderie_anglaise.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Boy%27s_frock_broderie_anglaise.png/209px-Boy%27s_frock_broderie_anglaise.png 2x" data-file-width="2438" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Broderie_perse" title="Broderie perse">Broderie perse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chintz" title="Chintz">Chintz</a>, thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg/150px-Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg/225px-Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg/300px-Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="2093" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punch_needle" title="Punch needle">Punch needle</a> techniques </td> <td>Rayon or silk thread </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Candlewicking" title="Candlewicking">Candlewicking</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knotted_stitch" title="Knotted stitch">Knotted stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitch</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Unbleached cotton thread, unbleached <a href="/wiki/Muslin" title="Muslin">muslin</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Candlewick_Spread,_c._1825,_Eastern_United_States_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Candlewick_Spread%2C_c._1825%2C_Eastern_United_States_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Candlewick_Spread%2C_c._1825%2C_Eastern_United_States_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Candlewick_Spread%2C_c._1825%2C_Eastern_United_States_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Candlewick_Spread%2C_c._1825%2C_Eastern_United_States_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Candlewick_Spread%2C_c._1825%2C_Eastern_United_States_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Candlewick_Spread%2C_c._1825%2C_Eastern_United_States_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1073" data-file-height="733" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Korean_embroidery" title="Korean embroidery">Chasu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">Chain stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Couching" title="Couching">couching</a>, leaf stitch, long-and-short stitch, mat stitch, <a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">outline stitch</a>, padding stitch, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitches</a>, seed stitch </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:MET_DP14467.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MET_DP14467.jpg/145px-MET_DP14467.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MET_DP14467.jpg/218px-MET_DP14467.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/MET_DP14467.jpg/291px-MET_DP14467.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1938" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chikan_(embroidery)" title="Chikan (embroidery)">Chikan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, India </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">Backstitches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">chain stitches</a>, shadow-work </td> <td>Cloth, white thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg/200px-Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg/300px-Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg/400px-Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Colcha_embroidery" title="Colcha embroidery">Colcha embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_United_States" title="Southwestern United States">Southwestern United States</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Cotton or linen cloth, wool thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Embroidered_coverlet_(Colcha)_MET_DP268047.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Embroidered_coverlet_%28Colcha%29_MET_DP268047.jpg/112px-Embroidered_coverlet_%28Colcha%29_MET_DP268047.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Embroidered_coverlet_%28Colcha%29_MET_DP268047.jpg/169px-Embroidered_coverlet_%28Colcha%29_MET_DP268047.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Embroidered_coverlet_%28Colcha%29_MET_DP268047.jpg/225px-Embroidered_coverlet_%28Colcha%29_MET_DP268047.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Crewel_embroidery" title="Crewel embroidery">Crewelwork</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> </td> <td>Chain stitch, couched stitches, knotted stitches, satin stitch, seed stitch, split stitch, stem stitch </td> <td>Crewel yarn, linen twill </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg/228px-Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="228" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg/342px-Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg/456px-Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1764" data-file-height="1160" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goldwork_(embroidery)" title="Goldwork (embroidery)">Goldwork</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Couching" title="Couching">Couching</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holbein_stitch" title="Holbein stitch">Holbein stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">stem stitch</a> </td> <td>Cloth, <a href="/wiki/Metallic_fiber" title="Metallic fiber">metallic thread</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg/126px-%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg/190px-%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg/253px-%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="320" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gota_(embroidery)" title="Gota (embroidery)">Gota patti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, India </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG/200px-Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG/300px-Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG/400px-Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_embroidery#Other_styles" title="Chinese embroidery">Gu Xiu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, China </td> <td> </td> <td>Silk cloth and thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gu_embroidery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Gu_embroidery.jpg/200px-Gu_embroidery.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Gu_embroidery.jpg/300px-Gu_embroidery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Gu_embroidery.jpg/400px-Gu_embroidery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hardanger_embroidery" title="Hardanger embroidery">Hardanger embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole stitch</a>, cable stitch, <a href="/wiki/Featherstitch" title="Featherstitch">fly stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knotted_stitch" title="Knotted stitch">knotted stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Picot" title="Picot">picot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Straight_stitch" title="Straight stitch">running stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitch</a> </td> <td>White thread, white <a href="/wiki/Balanced_fabric" title="Balanced fabric">even-weave</a> linen cloth </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg/199px-Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="199" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg/299px-Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg/398px-Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hedebo_embroidery" title="Hedebo embroidery">Hedebo embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedeboegnen" class="extiw" title="da:Hedeboegnen">Hedebo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zealand" title="Zealand">Zealand</a>, Denmark </td> <td> </td> <td>White linen cloth and thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:T%C3%A6llesyning.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/T%C3%A6llesyning.jpg/200px-T%C3%A6llesyning.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/T%C3%A6llesyning.jpg/300px-T%C3%A6llesyning.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/T%C3%A6llesyning.jpg/400px-T%C3%A6llesyning.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaitag_textiles" title="Kaitag textiles">Kaitag textiles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaytagsky_District" title="Kaytagsky District">Kaytagsky District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, Russia </td> <td>Laid-and-couched work </td> <td>Cotton cloth, silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaitag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Kaitag.jpg/69px-Kaitag.jpg" decoding="async" width="69" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Kaitag.jpg/103px-Kaitag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Kaitag.jpg/138px-Kaitag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="649" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalaga" title="Kalaga">Kalaga</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Burma</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg/258px-Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg" decoding="async" width="258" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg/387px-Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg/516px-Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5942" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kantha" title="Kantha">Kantha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">Eastern India</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Old saris, thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kantha_(Quilt)_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg/203px-Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg" decoding="async" width="203" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg/305px-Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg/406px-Kantha_%28Quilt%29_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1548" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasidakari" title="Kasidakari">Kasidakari</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">Chain stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darning" title="Darning">darning stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">stem stitch</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasuti" title="Kasuti">Kasuti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, India </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">Cross stitch</a>, double running stitch, <a href="/wiki/Straight_stitch" title="Straight stitch">running stitch</a>, zigzag running stitch </td> <td>Cotton thread and cloth </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kasuti_embroidery.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Motifs of kasuti embroidery"><img alt="Motifs of kasuti embroidery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kasuti_embroidery.jpg/112px-Kasuti_embroidery.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kasuti_embroidery.jpg/169px-Kasuti_embroidery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Kasuti_embroidery.jpg/225px-Kasuti_embroidery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="981" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khamak_(Embroidery)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khamak (Embroidery)">Khamak</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a>, Afghanistan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">Satin stitch</a> </td> <td>Cotton or wool fabric, silk thread </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuba_textiles" title="Kuba textiles">Kuba textiles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">The Congo</a> </td> <td>Embroidery, <a href="/wiki/Appliqu%C3%A9" title="Appliqué">appliqué</a>, cut-pile embroidery </td> <td>Raffia cloth and thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg/250px-Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg/375px-Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg/500px-Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="530" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kutch_Embroidery" title="Kutch Embroidery">Kutch embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kutch_district" title="Kutch district">Kutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, India </td> <td> </td> <td>Cotton cloth, cotton or silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuch_meqwar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tuch_meqwar.jpg/150px-Tuch_meqwar.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tuch_meqwar.jpg/225px-Tuch_meqwar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Tuch_meqwar.jpg/300px-Tuch_meqwar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lambada_embroidery" title="Lambada embroidery">Lambada embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Banjara" title="Banjara">Banjara people</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Blouse_(kanchali)_and_skirt_(ghaghara),_Banjara_community,_Saurashtra,_Gujarat,_India,_view_1,_mid_20th_century,_cotton,_glass_mirrors_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00975.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Blouse_%28kanchali%29_and_skirt_%28ghaghara%29%2C_Banjara_community%2C_Saurashtra%2C_Gujarat%2C_India%2C_view_1%2C_mid_20th_century%2C_cotton%2C_glass_mirrors_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00975.JPG/100px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Blouse_%28kanchali%29_and_skirt_%28ghaghara%29%2C_Banjara_community%2C_Saurashtra%2C_Gujarat%2C_India%2C_view_1%2C_mid_20th_century%2C_cotton%2C_glass_mirrors_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00975.JPG/150px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Blouse_%28kanchali%29_and_skirt_%28ghaghara%29%2C_Banjara_community%2C_Saurashtra%2C_Gujarat%2C_India%2C_view_1%2C_mid_20th_century%2C_cotton%2C_glass_mirrors_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00975.JPG/200px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountmellick_embroidery" title="Mountmellick embroidery">Mountmellick work</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountmellick" title="Mountmellick">Mountmellick</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Laois" title="County Laois">County Laois</a>, Ireland </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knotted_stitch" title="Knotted stitch">Knotted stitches</a>, padded stitches </td> <td>White cotton cloth and thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Runner,_table_(AM_1992.250-5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Runner%2C_table_%28AM_1992.250-5%29.jpg/200px-Runner%2C_table_%28AM_1992.250-5%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Runner%2C_table_%28AM_1992.250-5%29.jpg/300px-Runner%2C_table_%28AM_1992.250-5%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Runner%2C_table_%28AM_1992.250-5%29.jpg/400px-Runner%2C_table_%28AM_1992.250-5%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Opus_Anglicanum" title="Opus Anglicanum">Opus anglicanum</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">Split stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Couching" title="Couching">surface couching</a>, underside couching<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Linen or velvet cloth, <a href="/wiki/Metallic_fiber" title="Metallic fiber">metallic thread</a>, silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Opus_Anglicanum_(Chasuble)_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Opus_Anglicanum_%28Chasuble%29_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg/77px-Opus_Anglicanum_%28Chasuble%29_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg" decoding="async" width="77" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Opus_Anglicanum_%28Chasuble%29_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg/116px-Opus_Anglicanum_%28Chasuble%29_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Opus_Anglicanum_%28Chasuble%29_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg/155px-Opus_Anglicanum_%28Chasuble%29_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg 2x" data-file-width="619" data-file-height="1195" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_opus_teutonicum.html">Opus teutonicum</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">chain stitch</a>, goblien stitch, pulled work, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">stem stitch</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>White linen cloth and thread<sup id="cite_ref-:0_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kloster_L%C3%BCne_Textilmuseum_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Kloster_L%C3%BCne_Textilmuseum_2.jpg/112px-Kloster_L%C3%BCne_Textilmuseum_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Kloster_L%C3%BCne_Textilmuseum_2.jpg/169px-Kloster_L%C3%BCne_Textilmuseum_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Kloster_L%C3%BCne_Textilmuseum_2.jpg/225px-Kloster_L%C3%BCne_Textilmuseum_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_or_nue.html">Or nué</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Couching" title="Couching">Couching</a> </td> <td>Fabric, <a href="/wiki/Metallic_fiber" title="Metallic fiber">metallic thread</a>, silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg/148px-Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg" decoding="async" width="148" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg/222px-Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg/296px-Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3351" data-file-height="3400" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orphrey" title="Orphrey">Orphrey</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg/250px-Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg/375px-Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg/500px-Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="595" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Needlepoint" title="Needlepoint">Needlepoint</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egypt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">Cross stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tent_stitch" title="Tent stitch">tent stitch</a>, brick stitch </td> <td>Linen or cotton canvas, wool or silk floss or yarn </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_s%C3%A9rie_-_Planche_21_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_s%C3%A9rie_-_Planche_21_%28cropped%29.jpg/254px-Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_s%C3%A9rie_-_Planche_21_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="254" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_s%C3%A9rie_-_Planche_21_%28cropped%29.jpg/381px-Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_s%C3%A9rie_-_Planche_21_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_s%C3%A9rie_-_Planche_21_%28cropped%29.jpg/508px-Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_s%C3%A9rie_-_Planche_21_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1756" data-file-height="1036" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phool_Patti_ka_Kaam" title="Phool Patti ka Kaam">Phool Patti ka Kaam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, India </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phulkari" title="Phulkari">Phulkari</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darning" title="Darning">Darning stitches</a> </td> <td>Hand-spun cotton cloth, silk floss </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patiala_Phulkari.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Patiala_Phulkari.jpg/200px-Patiala_Phulkari.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Patiala_Phulkari.jpg/300px-Patiala_Phulkari.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Patiala_Phulkari.jpg/400px-Patiala_Phulkari.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piteado" title="Piteado">Piteado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Ixtle or pita thread, leather </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg/107px-Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg/161px-Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg/214px-Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3012" data-file-height="4212" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Quillwork" title="Quillwork">Quillwork</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Beads, cloth, feathers, feather quills, leather, porcupine quills </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Huron_Moccasin.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Huron_Moccasin.png/104px-Huron_Moccasin.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Huron_Moccasin.png/156px-Huron_Moccasin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Huron_Moccasin.png/207px-Huron_Moccasin.png 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="779" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rasht_embroidery" title="Rasht embroidery">Rasht embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rasht" title="Rasht">Rasht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilan_province" title="Gilan province">Gilan Province</a>, Iran </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">Chain stitch</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Felt" title="Felt">Felt</a>, silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran,_Rasht,_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Iran%2C_Rasht%2C_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-105px-Iran%2C_Rasht%2C_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Iran%2C_Rasht%2C_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-158px-Iran%2C_Rasht%2C_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Iran%2C_Rasht%2C_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-210px-Iran%2C_Rasht%2C_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5292" data-file-height="7551" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Redwork" title="Redwork">Redwork</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">Backstitch</a>, outline stitch </td> <td>Red thread, white cloth </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Richelieu </td> <td>Purportedly from 16th century <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, revival in 19th century <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole stitch</a> </td> <td>White thread, white cloth </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg/222px-Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg" decoding="async" width="222" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg/333px-Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg/444px-Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9597" data-file-height="6477" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rushnyk" title="Rushnyk">Rushnyk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavs</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross-stitch" title="Cross-stitch">Cross stitch</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Holbein_stitch" title="Holbein stitch">Holbein stitch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitch</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Linen or hemp cloth, thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg/226px-Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg" decoding="async" width="226" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg/339px-Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg/452px-Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sashiko" title="Sashiko">Sashiko</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Straight_stitch" title="Straight stitch">Running stitch</a> </td> <td>Indigo-dyed cloth, white or red cotton thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:MET_RT792C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MET_RT792C.jpg/101px-MET_RT792C.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MET_RT792C.jpg/151px-MET_RT792C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MET_RT792C.jpg/202px-MET_RT792C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="485" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sermeh_embroidery" title="Sermeh embroidery">Sermeh embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Persia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Termeh" title="Termeh">Termeh</a> cloth, velvet, cotton fabrics, various threads </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sewed_muslin" title="Sewed muslin">Sewed muslin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Muslin, thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dress,_women%27s_(AM_1995.8.14-10).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Dress%2C_women%27s_%28AM_1995.8.14-10%29.jpg/275px-Dress%2C_women%27s_%28AM_1995.8.14-10%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Dress%2C_women%27s_%28AM_1995.8.14-10%29.jpg/413px-Dress%2C_women%27s_%28AM_1995.8.14-10%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Dress%2C_women%27s_%28AM_1995.8.14-10%29.jpg/550px-Dress%2C_women%27s_%28AM_1995.8.14-10%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="564" data-file-height="308" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sichuan_embroidery" title="Sichuan embroidery">Shu Xiu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a>, China </td> <td> </td> <td>Satin, silk thread </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Smocking" title="Smocking">Smocking</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td>Cable stitch, honeycomb stitches, <a href="/wiki/Knotted_stitch" title="Knotted stitch">knotted stitches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">outline stitch</a>, stem stitch, trellis stitch, wave stitch </td> <td>Any fabric supple enough to be gathered, cotton or silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Smock,_child%27s_(AM_1995.8.1-5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Smock%2C_child%27s_%28AM_1995.8.1-5%29.jpg/200px-Smock%2C_child%27s_%28AM_1995.8.1-5%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Smock%2C_child%27s_%28AM_1995.8.1-5%29.jpg/300px-Smock%2C_child%27s_%28AM_1995.8.1-5%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Smock%2C_child%27s_%28AM_1995.8.1-5%29.jpg/400px-Smock%2C_child%27s_%28AM_1995.8.1-5%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stumpwork" title="Stumpwork">Stumpwork</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg/196px-Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg" decoding="async" width="196" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg/294px-Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg/392px-Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3859" data-file-height="2948" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suzhou_embroidery" title="Suzhou embroidery">Su Xiu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suzhou" title="Suzhou">Suzhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiangsu" title="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</a>, China </td> <td> </td> <td>Silk cloth and thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG/243px-Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG" decoding="async" width="243" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG/365px-Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG/486px-Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2596" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suzani_(textile)" title="Suzani (textile)">Suzani</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole stitches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">chain stitches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Couching" title="Couching">couching</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">satin stitches</a> </td> <td>Cotton fabric, silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jiva,_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jiva%2C_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg/229px-Jiva%2C_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg" decoding="async" width="229" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jiva%2C_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg/344px-Jiva%2C_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jiva%2C_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg/458px-Jiva%2C_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2804" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatreez" title="Tatreez">Tatreez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">Cross stitch</a> </td> <td>Cotton fabric, silk thread </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Embroidery_from_Beersheba_Dress_(Palestinian_Thobe)_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Embroidery_from_Beersheba_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29_%282%29.jpg/123px-Embroidery_from_Beersheba_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Embroidery_from_Beersheba_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29_%282%29.jpg/185px-Embroidery_from_Beersheba_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Embroidery_from_Beersheba_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29_%282%29.jpg/246px-Embroidery_from_Beersheba_Dress_%28Palestinian_Thobe%29_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2896" data-file-height="3526" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenango_embroidery" title="Tenango embroidery">Tenango embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenango_de_Doria" title="Tenango de Doria">Tenango de Doria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hidalgo_(state)" title="Hidalgo (state)">Hidalgo</a>, Mexico </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg/275px-ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg/413px-ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg/550px-ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2113" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Velours_du_Kasa%C3%AF" title="Velours du Kasaï">Velours du Kasaï</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasa%C3%AF_Province" title="Kasaï Province">Kasai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">the Congo</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Velour_du_kasa%C3%AF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Velour_du_kasa%C3%AF.jpg/176px-Velour_du_kasa%C3%AF.jpg" decoding="async" width="176" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Velour_du_kasa%C3%AF.jpg/264px-Velour_du_kasa%C3%AF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Velour_du_kasa%C3%AF.jpg/352px-Velour_du_kasa%C3%AF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1096" data-file-height="936" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_embroidery" title="Vietnamese embroidery">Vietnamese embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Tranh_th%C3%AAu_%C4%90%C3%A0_L%E1%BA%A1t.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tranh_th%C3%AAu_%C4%90%C3%A0_L%E1%BA%A1t.jpg/200px-Tranh_th%C3%AAu_%C4%90%C3%A0_L%E1%BA%A1t.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tranh_th%C3%AAu_%C4%90%C3%A0_L%E1%BA%A1t.jpg/300px-Tranh_th%C3%AAu_%C4%90%C3%A0_L%E1%BA%A1t.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tranh_th%C3%AAu_%C4%90%C3%A0_L%E1%BA%A1t.jpg/400px-Tranh_th%C3%AAu_%C4%90%C3%A0_L%E1%BA%A1t.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3748" data-file-height="2811" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xiang_embroidery" title="Xiang embroidery">Xiang Xiu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>, China </td> <td> </td> <td>Silk cloth, black, white, and grey silk thread </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cantonese_embroidery" title="Cantonese embroidery">Yue Xiu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a>, China </td> <td> </td> <td>Silk cloth and thread </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zardozi" title="Zardozi">Zardozi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Cloth, <a href="/wiki/Metallic_fiber" title="Metallic fiber">metallic thread</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi,_India,_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art,_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi%2C_India%2C_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art%2C_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG/132px-Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi%2C_India%2C_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art%2C_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG" decoding="async" width="132" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi%2C_India%2C_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art%2C_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG/199px-Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi%2C_India%2C_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art%2C_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi%2C_India%2C_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art%2C_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG/265px-Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi%2C_India%2C_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art%2C_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="4530" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zmijanje_embroidery" title="Zmijanje embroidery">Zmijanje embroidery</a> </td> <td><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="sr:Змијање">Zmijanje</a>, Bosnia and Herzegovina </td> <td> </td> <td>Blue thread, white cloth<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg/267px-Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="267" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg/401px-Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg/534px-Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1574" data-file-height="885" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Materials_and_tools">Materials and tools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Materials and tools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Materials">Materials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Materials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Embroidery-_Crewel_Wool,_early_18th_century_(CH_18432103).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Embroidery-_Crewel_Wool%2C_early_18th_century_%28CH_18432103%29.jpg/180px-Embroidery-_Crewel_Wool%2C_early_18th_century_%28CH_18432103%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Embroidery-_Crewel_Wool%2C_early_18th_century_%28CH_18432103%29.jpg/270px-Embroidery-_Crewel_Wool%2C_early_18th_century_%28CH_18432103%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Embroidery-_Crewel_Wool%2C_early_18th_century_%28CH_18432103%29.jpg/360px-Embroidery-_Crewel_Wool%2C_early_18th_century_%28CH_18432103%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3523" data-file-height="4096" /></a><figcaption>Multi-colored <a href="/w/index.php?title=Crewel_wool&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crewel wool (page does not exist)">crewel wool</a> threads on a panel of <a href="/wiki/Linen" title="Linen">linen</a> <a href="/wiki/Warp_(weaving)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warp (weaving)">warp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> <a href="/wiki/Warp_and_weft" title="Warp and weft">weft</a>, 18th century English</figcaption></figure> <p>The fabrics and yarns used in traditional embroidery vary from place to place. <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">Wool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linen" title="Linen">linen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silk</a> have been in use for thousands of years for both fabric and <a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">yarn</a>. Today, <a href="/wiki/Embroidery_thread" title="Embroidery thread">embroidery thread</a> is manufactured in <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon">rayon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Novelty_yarn" class="mw-redirect" title="Novelty yarn">novelty yarns</a> as well as in traditional wool, linen, and silk. <a href="/wiki/Ribbon" title="Ribbon">Ribbon</a> embroidery uses narrow ribbon in silk or silk/<a href="/wiki/Organza" title="Organza">organza</a> blend ribbon, most commonly to create floral motifs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Niekerk2006_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Niekerk2006-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Surface embroidery techniques such as <a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">chain stitch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Couching" title="Couching">couching</a> or laid-work are the most economical of expensive yarns; couching is generally used for <a href="/wiki/Goldwork_(embroidery)" title="Goldwork (embroidery)">goldwork</a>. Canvas work techniques, in which large amounts of yarn are buried on the back of the work, use more materials but provide a sturdier and more substantial finished textile.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReader's_Digest1979112–115_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReader's_Digest1979112–115-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tools">Tools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borduurring.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Borduurring.jpg/200px-Borduurring.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Borduurring.jpg/300px-Borduurring.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Borduurring.jpg/400px-Borduurring.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>An embroidery hoop.</figcaption></figure> <p>A needle is the main stitching tool in embroidery, and comes in various sizes and types.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In both canvas work and surface embroidery an <a href="/wiki/Embroidery_hoop" class="mw-redirect" title="Embroidery hoop">embroidery hoop</a> or frame can be used to stretch the material and ensure even stitching tension that prevents pattern distortion.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Machine_embroidery">Machine embroidery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Machine embroidery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Machine_chain_stitch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Machine_chain_stitch.jpg/220px-Machine_chain_stitch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Machine_chain_stitch.jpg/330px-Machine_chain_stitch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Machine_chain_stitch.jpg/440px-Machine_chain_stitch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="551" /></a><figcaption>Commercial machine embroidery in <a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">chain stitch</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Voile" title="Voile">voile</a> curtain, China, early 21st century</figcaption></figure> <p>The development of machine embroidery and its <a href="/wiki/Mass_production" title="Mass production">mass production</a> came about in stages during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>. The first embroidery machine was the <a href="/wiki/Hand_embroidery_machine" title="Hand embroidery machine">hand embroidery machine</a>, invented in France in 1832 by Josué Heilmann.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next evolutionary step was the <a href="/wiki/Schiffli_embroidery_machine" title="Schiffli embroidery machine">schiffli embroidery machine</a>. The latter borrowed from the sewing machine and the <a href="/wiki/Jacquard_machine" title="Jacquard machine">Jacquard loom</a> to fully automate its operation. The manufacture of <a href="/wiki/St._Gallen_Embroidery" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Gallen Embroidery">machine-made embroideries</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Gallen" title="St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a> in eastern Switzerland flourished in the latter half of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both St. Gallen, Switzerland and <a href="/wiki/Plauen" title="Plauen">Plauen, Germany</a> were important centers for machine embroidery and embroidery machine development. Many Swiss and Germans immigrated to <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson county, New Jersey</a> in the early twentieth century and developed a machine embroidery industry there. Shiffli machines have continued to evolve and are still used for industrial scale embroidery.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brother_Innov-is_V7_machine,_embroidering.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Brother_Innov-is_V7_machine%2C_embroidering.jpg/220px-Brother_Innov-is_V7_machine%2C_embroidering.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Brother_Innov-is_V7_machine%2C_embroidering.jpg/330px-Brother_Innov-is_V7_machine%2C_embroidering.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Brother_Innov-is_V7_machine%2C_embroidering.jpg/440px-Brother_Innov-is_V7_machine%2C_embroidering.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2632" data-file-height="1974" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brother_Industries" title="Brother Industries">Brother</a> Innov-is V7 computerised Sewing/Quilting/Embroidery machine embroidering onto cloth held in a hoop</figcaption></figure> <p>Contemporary embroidery is stitched with a <a href="/wiki/Computer" title="Computer">computerized</a> embroidery machine using patterns digitized with <a href="/wiki/Embroidery_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Embroidery software">embroidery software</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Machine_embroidery" title="Machine embroidery">machine embroidery</a>, different types of "fills" add texture and design to the finished work. <a href="/wiki/Machine_embroidery" title="Machine embroidery">Machine embroidery</a> is used to add <a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">logos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monogram" title="Monogram">monograms</a> to business shirts or jackets, gifts, and team apparel as well as to decorate household items for the bed and bath and other linens, draperies, and decorator fabrics that mimic the elaborate hand embroidery of the past. </p><p>Machine embroidery is most typically done with <a href="/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon">rayon thread</a>, although <a href="/wiki/Polyester" title="Polyester">polyester thread</a> can also be used. <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">Cotton</a> thread, on the other hand, is prone to breaking and is avoided.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There has also been a development in free hand machine embroidery, new machines have been designed that allow for the user to create free-motion embroidery which has its place in textile arts, quilting, dressmaking, home furnishings and more. Users can use the embroidery software to digitize the digital embroidery designs. These digitized design are then transferred to the embroidery machine with the help of a flash drive and then the embroidery machine embroiders the selected design onto the fabric. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_literature">In literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> the goddess <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a> is said to have passed down the art of embroidery (along with <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaving</a>) to humans, leading to the famed competition between herself and the mortal <a href="/wiki/Arachne" title="Arachne">Arachne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nakshi_Kantha,_Sonargaon_Folk_Art_and_Craft_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nakshi Kantha from Sonargaon, Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation"><img alt="Nakshi Kantha from Sonargaon, Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Nakshi_Kantha%2C_Sonargaon_Folk_Art_and_Craft_Museum.jpg/60px-Nakshi_Kantha%2C_Sonargaon_Folk_Art_and_Craft_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Nakshi_Kantha%2C_Sonargaon_Folk_Art_and_Craft_Museum.jpg/89px-Nakshi_Kantha%2C_Sonargaon_Folk_Art_and_Craft_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Nakshi_Kantha%2C_Sonargaon_Folk_Art_and_Craft_Museum.jpg/119px-Nakshi_Kantha%2C_Sonargaon_Folk_Art_and_Craft_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="3166" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_Kantha" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakshi Kantha">Nakshi Kantha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Sonargaon" title="Sonargaon">Sonargaon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Folk_Arts_and_Crafts_Foundation" title="Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation">Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazakh_rug_chain_stitch_embroidery.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Traditional embroidery in chain stitch on a Kazakh rug, contemporary."><img alt="Traditional embroidery in chain stitch on a Kazakh rug, contemporary." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kazakh_rug_chain_stitch_embroidery.jpg/120px-Kazakh_rug_chain_stitch_embroidery.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kazakh_rug_chain_stitch_embroidery.jpg/180px-Kazakh_rug_chain_stitch_embroidery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kazakh_rug_chain_stitch_embroidery.jpg/240px-Kazakh_rug_chain_stitch_embroidery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Traditional embroidery in chain stitch on a <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakh</a> rug, contemporary.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cover,_silk_embroidery_on_cotton._Iran,_Caucasus;_1st_half_of_18th_century._Stored_at_The_David_Collection,_inventarnummer_37-1969.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Caucasian embroidery"><img alt="Caucasian embroidery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Cover%2C_silk_embroidery_on_cotton._Iran%2C_Caucasus%3B_1st_half_of_18th_century._Stored_at_The_David_Collection%2C_inventarnummer_37-1969.jpg/109px-Cover%2C_silk_embroidery_on_cotton._Iran%2C_Caucasus%3B_1st_half_of_18th_century._Stored_at_The_David_Collection%2C_inventarnummer_37-1969.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Cover%2C_silk_embroidery_on_cotton._Iran%2C_Caucasus%3B_1st_half_of_18th_century._Stored_at_The_David_Collection%2C_inventarnummer_37-1969.jpg/164px-Cover%2C_silk_embroidery_on_cotton._Iran%2C_Caucasus%3B_1st_half_of_18th_century._Stored_at_The_David_Collection%2C_inventarnummer_37-1969.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Cover%2C_silk_embroidery_on_cotton._Iran%2C_Caucasus%3B_1st_half_of_18th_century._Stored_at_The_David_Collection%2C_inventarnummer_37-1969.jpg/219px-Cover%2C_silk_embroidery_on_cotton._Iran%2C_Caucasus%3B_1st_half_of_18th_century._Stored_at_The_David_Collection%2C_inventarnummer_37-1969.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3331" data-file-height="3658" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasian</a> embroidery</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:English_cope.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="English cope, late 15th or early 16th century. Silk velvet embroidered with silk and gold threads, closely laid and couched. Contemporary Art Institute of Chicago textile collection."><img alt="English cope, late 15th or early 16th century. Silk velvet embroidered with silk and gold threads, closely laid and couched. Contemporary Art Institute of Chicago textile collection." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/English_cope.jpg/120px-English_cope.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/English_cope.jpg/180px-English_cope.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/English_cope.jpg/240px-English_cope.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1006" data-file-height="575" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/English_embroidery" title="English embroidery">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Cope" title="Cope">cope</a>, late 15th or early 16th century. Silk velvet embroidered with silk and gold threads, closely laid and couched. Contemporary <a href="/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago" title="Art Institute of Chicago">Art Institute of Chicago</a> textile collection.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Galler_Stickerei_Muster_c.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Extremely fine underlay of St. Gallen Embroidery"><img alt="Extremely fine underlay of St. Gallen Embroidery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/St._Galler_Stickerei_Muster_c.jpg/120px-St._Galler_Stickerei_Muster_c.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/St._Galler_Stickerei_Muster_c.jpg/180px-St._Galler_Stickerei_Muster_c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/St._Galler_Stickerei_Muster_c.jpg/240px-St._Galler_Stickerei_Muster_c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2012" data-file-height="2007" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Extremely fine underlay of <a href="/wiki/St._Gallen_Embroidery" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Gallen Embroidery">St. Gallen Embroidery</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkish_embroidery.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Traditional Turkish embroidery. Izmir Ethnography Museum, Turkey."><img alt="Traditional Turkish embroidery. Izmir Ethnography Museum, Turkey." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Turkish_embroidery.jpg/120px-Turkish_embroidery.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Turkish_embroidery.jpg/180px-Turkish_embroidery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Turkish_embroidery.jpg/240px-Turkish_embroidery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Traditional Turkish embroidery. Izmir Ethnography Museum, Turkey.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croatian_embroidery.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Traditional Croatian embroidery."><img alt="Traditional Croatian embroidery." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Croatian_embroidery.jpg/90px-Croatian_embroidery.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Croatian_embroidery.jpg/135px-Croatian_embroidery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Croatian_embroidery.jpg/180px-Croatian_embroidery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Traditional Croatian embroidery.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EMBROIDERED_EGGS_BY_I_FOROSTYUK.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Decorated Easter eggs from the Luhansk region of Ukraine"><img alt="Decorated Easter eggs from the Luhansk region of Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/EMBROIDERED_EGGS_BY_I_FOROSTYUK.jpg/120px-EMBROIDERED_EGGS_BY_I_FOROSTYUK.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/EMBROIDERED_EGGS_BY_I_FOROSTYUK.jpg/180px-EMBROIDERED_EGGS_BY_I_FOROSTYUK.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/EMBROIDERED_EGGS_BY_I_FOROSTYUK.jpg/240px-EMBROIDERED_EGGS_BY_I_FOROSTYUK.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="840" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Decorated <a href="/wiki/Easter_egg" title="Easter egg">Easter eggs</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk">Luhansk</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gold embroidery on a gognots (apron) of a 19th-century Armenian bridal dress from Akhaltsikhe"><img alt="Gold embroidery on a gognots (apron) of a 19th-century Armenian bridal dress from Akhaltsikhe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg/101px-%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg/152px-%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg/202px-%D4%B1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%AC%D6%81%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gold embroidery on a <i>gognots</i> (apron) of a 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> bridal dress from <a href="/wiki/Akhaltsikhe" title="Akhaltsikhe">Akhaltsikhe</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Korean_embroidery_patterns.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brightly coloured Korean embroidery."><img alt="Brightly coloured Korean embroidery." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Korean_embroidery_patterns.jpg/79px-Korean_embroidery_patterns.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Korean_embroidery_patterns.jpg/118px-Korean_embroidery_patterns.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Korean_embroidery_patterns.jpg/158px-Korean_embroidery_patterns.jpg 2x" data-file-width="564" data-file-height="858" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Brightly coloured Korean embroidery.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uzbekistan_embroidery.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Uzbekistan embroidery on a traditional women's parandja robe."><img alt="Uzbekistan embroidery on a traditional women's parandja robe." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Uzbekistan_embroidery.jpg/80px-Uzbekistan_embroidery.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Uzbekistan_embroidery.jpg/120px-Uzbekistan_embroidery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Uzbekistan_embroidery.jpg/160px-Uzbekistan_embroidery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Uzbekistan embroidery on a traditional women's <i>parandja</i> robe.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Woman_headdress_Kalash.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Woman wearing a traditional embroidered Kalash headdress, Pakistan."><img alt="Woman wearing a traditional embroidered Kalash headdress, Pakistan." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Woman_headdress_Kalash.jpg/120px-Woman_headdress_Kalash.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Woman_headdress_Kalash.jpg/180px-Woman_headdress_Kalash.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Woman_headdress_Kalash.jpg/240px-Woman_headdress_Kalash.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Woman wearing a traditional embroidered Kalash headdress, Pakistan.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bedouin_bookmark.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bookmark of black fabric with multicolored Bedouin embroidery and tassel of embroidery floss"><img alt="Bookmark of black fabric with multicolored Bedouin embroidery and tassel of embroidery floss" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Bedouin_bookmark.jpg/120px-Bedouin_bookmark.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Bedouin_bookmark.jpg/180px-Bedouin_bookmark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Bedouin_bookmark.jpg/240px-Bedouin_bookmark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1840" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bookmark of black fabric with multicolored <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouin</a> embroidery and tassel of embroidery floss</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Woman%27s_Robe_a_l%27anglaise_with_Petticoat_LACMA_M.66.31a-b_(4_of_6).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chain-stitch embroidery from England c. 1775"><img alt="Chain-stitch embroidery from England c. 1775" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Woman%27s_Robe_a_l%27anglaise_with_Petticoat_LACMA_M.66.31a-b_%284_of_6%29.jpg/93px-Woman%27s_Robe_a_l%27anglaise_with_Petticoat_LACMA_M.66.31a-b_%284_of_6%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Woman%27s_Robe_a_l%27anglaise_with_Petticoat_LACMA_M.66.31a-b_%284_of_6%29.jpg/140px-Woman%27s_Robe_a_l%27anglaise_with_Petticoat_LACMA_M.66.31a-b_%284_of_6%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Woman%27s_Robe_a_l%27anglaise_with_Petticoat_LACMA_M.66.31a-b_%284_of_6%29.jpg/187px-Woman%27s_Robe_a_l%27anglaise_with_Petticoat_LACMA_M.66.31a-b_%284_of_6%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1634" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chain-stitch embroidery from England <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1775</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bulgarian_embrodery_from_Sofia_and_Trun.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Traditional Bulgarian Floral embroidery from Sofia and Trun."><img alt="Traditional Bulgarian Floral embroidery from Sofia and Trun." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bulgarian_embrodery_from_Sofia_and_Trun.jpg/120px-Bulgarian_embrodery_from_Sofia_and_Trun.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bulgarian_embrodery_from_Sofia_and_Trun.jpg/180px-Bulgarian_embrodery_from_Sofia_and_Trun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bulgarian_embrodery_from_Sofia_and_Trun.jpg/240px-Bulgarian_embrodery_from_Sofia_and_Trun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="974" data-file-height="515" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Traditional Bulgarian Floral embroidery from Sofia and Trun.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pedro_Bruno_-_A_P%C3%A1tria.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A 1919 painting depicting the Brazilian flag being embroidered by a family."><img alt="A 1919 painting depicting the Brazilian flag being embroidered by a family." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Pedro_Bruno_-_A_P%C3%A1tria.jpg/120px-Pedro_Bruno_-_A_P%C3%A1tria.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Pedro_Bruno_-_A_P%C3%A1tria.jpg/180px-Pedro_Bruno_-_A_P%C3%A1tria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Pedro_Bruno_-_A_P%C3%A1tria.jpg/240px-Pedro_Bruno_-_A_P%C3%A1tria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3508" data-file-height="2480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A 1919 painting depicting the <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian flag">Brazilian flag</a> being embroidered by a family.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broderie_de_Fontenoy-le-Ch%C3%A2teau" title="Broderie de Fontenoy-le-Château">Broderie de Fontenoy-le-Château</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chikankari" class="mw-redirect" title="Chikankari">Chikankari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_embroidery" title="Chinese embroidery">Chinese embroidery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_of_India" title="Embroidery of India">Embroidery of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamak_(Embroidery)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khamak (Embroidery)">Khamak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ann_Beinecke_Decorative_Art_Collection" title="Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection">Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachet_(scented_bag)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sachet (scented bag)">Sachet (scented bag)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampler_(needlework)" title="Sampler (needlework)">Sampler (needlework)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sichuan_embroidery" title="Sichuan embroidery">Sichuan embroidery</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 32. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781851493593" title="Special:BookSources/9781851493593"><bdi>9781851493593</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Art+of+Embroidery%3A+History+of+Style+and+Technique&rft.place=Woodbridge%2C+England&rft.pages=32&rft.pub=Antique+Collectors%27+Club&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9781851493593&rft.aulast=Synge&rft.aufirst=Lanto&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGillowSentance1999" class="citation book cs1">Gillow, John; Sentance, Bryan (1999). <i>World Textiles</i>. Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8212-2621-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8212-2621-5"><bdi>0-8212-2621-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+Textiles&rft.pub=Bulfinch+Press%2FLittle%2C+Brown&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-8212-2621-5&rft.aulast=Gillow&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Sentance%2C+Bryan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeveyKing1993" class="citation book cs1">Levey, S. M.; King, D. (1993). <i>The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection Vol. 3: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750</i>. Victoria and Albert Museum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85177-126-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85177-126-3"><bdi>1-85177-126-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Victoria+and+Albert+Museum%27s+Textile+Collection+Vol.+3%3A+Embroidery+in+Britain+from+1200+to+1750&rft.pub=Victoria+and+Albert+Museum&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=1-85177-126-3&rft.aulast=Levey&rft.aufirst=S.+M.&rft.au=King%2C+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNethertonOwen-Crocker2005" class="citation book cs1">Netherton, Robin; <a href="/wiki/Gale_Owen-Crocker" title="Gale Owen-Crocker">Owen-Crocker, Gale R.</a>, eds. (2005). <i>Medieval Clothing and Textiles, Volume 1</i>. Boydell Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84383-123-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84383-123-6"><bdi>1-84383-123-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Medieval+Clothing+and+Textiles%2C+Volume+1&rft.pub=Boydell+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-84383-123-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReader's_Digest1979" class="citation book cs1"><span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/readersdigestcom00colt"><i>Complete Guide to Needlework</i></a></span>. Reader's Digest. 1979. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89577-059-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-89577-059-8"><bdi>0-89577-059-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Complete+Guide+to+Needlework&rft.pub=Reader%27s+Digest&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=0-89577-059-8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Freadersdigestcom00colt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvan_Niekerk2006" class="citation book cs1">van Niekerk, Di (2006). <i>A Perfect World in Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork</i>. Search Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84448-231-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84448-231-6"><bdi>1-84448-231-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Perfect+World+in+Ribbon+Embroidery+and+Stumpwork&rft.pub=Search+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-84448-231-6&rft.aulast=van+Niekerk&rft.aufirst=Di&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Embroidery&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerman2000" class="citation web cs1">Berman, Pat (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090206185513/http://needlepoint.org/Archives/01-01/berlinwork.php">"Berlin Work"</a>. <i>American Needlepoint Guild</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.needlepoint.org/Archives/01-01/berlinwork.php">the original</a> on 2009-02-06<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-01-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=American+Needlepoint+Guild&rft.atitle=Berlin+Work&rft.date=2000&rft.aulast=Berman&rft.aufirst=Pat&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.needlepoint.org%2FArchives%2F01-01%2Fberlinwork.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCaulfeild,_S.F.A.B.C._Saward1885" class="citation book cs1">Caulfeild, S.F.A.; B.C. Saward (1885). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofneed06caul"><i>The Dictionary of Needlework</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Dictionary+of+Needlework&rft.date=1885&rft.au=Caulfeild%2C+S.F.A.&rft.au=B.C.+Saward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdictionaryofneed06caul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCrummy2010" class="citation book cs1">Crummy, Andrew (2010). <i>The Prestonpans Tapestry 1745</i>. Burke's Peerage & Gentry, for <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Prestonpans" title="Battle of Prestonpans">Battle of Prestonpans</a> (1745) Heritage Trust.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Prestonpans+Tapestry+1745&rft.pub=Burke%27s+Peerage+%26+Gentry%2C+for+Battle+of+Prestonpans+%281745%29+Heritage+Trust&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Crummy&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEmbroiderers'_Guild_Practical_Study_Group1984" class="citation book cs1">Embroiderers' Guild Practical Study Group (1984). <i>Needlework School</i>. QED Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89009-785-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-89009-785-2"><bdi>0-89009-785-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Needlework+School&rft.pub=QED+Publishers&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-89009-785-2&rft.au=Embroiderers%27+Guild+Practical+Study+Group&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Koll, Juby Aleyas (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/product/ebook/">Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLemon2004" class="citation book cs1">Lemon, Jane (2004). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/metalthreadembro0000lemo"><i>Metal Thread Embroidery</i></a></span>. 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Leiden, The Netherlands: Textile Research Centre.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=TRC+Needles.+The+TRC+Digital+Encyclopaedia+of+Decorative+Needlework&rft.place=Leiden%2C+The+Netherlands&rft.pub=Textile+Research+Centre&rft.date=2015&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trc-leiden.nl%2Ftrc-needles%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmbroidery" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson1985" class="citation book cs1">Wilson, David M. (1985). <i>The Bayeux Tapestry</i>. 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title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">Chain stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couching" title="Couching">Couching and laid work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">Cross stitches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_stitch" title="Embroidery stitch">Embroidery stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Featherstitch" title="Featherstitch">Featherstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbein_stitch" title="Holbein stitch">Holbein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parisian_stitch" title="Parisian stitch">Parisian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_stitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Running stitch">Running</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">Satin stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashiko_stitching" class="mw-redirect" title="Sashiko stitching">Sashiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shisha_(embroidery)" title="Shisha (embroidery)">Shisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straight_stitch" title="Straight stitch">Straight stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tent_stitch" title="Tent stitch">Tent stitch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tools and materials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aida_cloth" title="Aida cloth">Aida cloth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_hoop" class="mw-redirect" title="Embroidery hoop">Embroidery hoop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_thread" title="Embroidery thread">Embroidery thread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Even-weave" class="mw-redirect" title="Even-weave">Evenweave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perforated_paper" title="Perforated paper">Perforated paper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainweave" title="Plainweave">Plainweave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plastic_canvas" title="Plastic canvas">Plastic canvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampler_(needlework)" title="Sampler (needlework)">Sampler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slip_(needlework)" title="Slip (needlework)">Slip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">Yarn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_needlework" title="Art needlework">Art needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochi_needlework" title="Balochi needlework">Balochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_embroidery" title="Brazilian embroidery">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalaga" title="Kalaga">Burmese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chikan_(embroidery)" title="Chikan (embroidery)">Chikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_embroidery" title="Chinese embroidery">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantonese_embroidery" title="Cantonese embroidery">Cantonese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sichuan_embroidery" title="Sichuan embroidery">Sichuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzhou_embroidery" title="Suzhou embroidery">Suzhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiang_embroidery" title="Xiang embroidery">Xiang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_embroidery" title="English embroidery">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_of_India" title="Embroidery of India">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_embroidery" title="Islamic embroidery">Islamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobean_embroidery" title="Jacobean embroidery">Jacobean</a></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Sashiko" title="Sashiko">Sashiko</a></i></span> <ul><li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kogin-zashi" title="Kogin-zashi">Kogin-zashi</a></i></span></li></ul></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaitag_textiles" title="Kaitag textiles">Kaitag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantha" title="Kantha">Kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasuti" title="Kasuti">Kasuti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_embroidery" title="Korean embroidery">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_embroidery" title="Macedonian embroidery">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountmellick_embroidery" title="Mountmellick embroidery">Mountmellick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_embroidery" title="Persian embroidery">Persian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rasht_embroidery" title="Rasht embroidery">Rasht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermeh_embroidery" title="Sermeh embroidery">Sermeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistan_embroidery" title="Sistan embroidery">Sistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zardozi" title="Zardozi">Zardozi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opus_Anglicanum" title="Opus Anglicanum">Opus Anglicanum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushnyk" title="Rushnyk">Rushnyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewed_muslin" title="Sewed muslin">Sewed muslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_embroidery" title="Ukrainian embroidery">Ukrainian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_embroidery" title="Vietnamese embroidery">Vietnamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyshyvanka" title="Vyshyvanka">Vyshyvanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Embroideries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butler-Bowden_Cope" class="mw-redirect" title="Butler-Bowden Cope">Butler-Bowden Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_carpet" title="Bradford carpet">Bradford carpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland">Great Tapestry of Scotland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland:_People%27s_Panel" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel">Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Embroidery" title="Hastings Embroidery">Hastings Embroidery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hestia_Tapestry" title="Hestia Tapestry">Hestia tapestry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta_(An_Embroidery)" title="Magna Carta (An Embroidery)">Magna Carta (An Embroidery)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Layton%27s_embroidered_jacket" title="Margaret Layton's embroidered jacket">Margaret Layton's jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_Tapestry" title="New World Tapestry">New World Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overlord_Embroidery" title="Overlord Embroidery">Overlord Embroidery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxburgh_Hangings" title="Oxburgh Hangings">Oxburgh Hangings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestonpans_Tapestry" title="Prestonpans Tapestry">Prestonpans Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quaker_Tapestry" title="Quaker Tapestry">Quaker Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Diaspora_Tapestry" title="Scottish Diaspora Tapestry">Scottish Diaspora Tapestry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fragments_of_a_Cope_with_the_Seven_Sacraments" title="Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments">Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Designers<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and embroiderers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emilie_Bach" title="Emilie Bach">Emilie Bach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Conrad" title="Leon Conrad">Leon Conrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahin_Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki" title="Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki">Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaffe_Fassett" title="Kaffe Fassett">Kaffe Fassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juanita_Growing_Thunder_Fogarty" title="Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty">Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Howard_(artist)" title="Constance Howard (artist)">Constance Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Leavitt-Imblum" title="Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum">Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lesage" title="François Lesage">François Lesage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Macbeth" title="Ann Macbeth">Ann Macbeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Morris" title="May Morris">May Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Newbery" title="Jessie Newbery">Jessie Newbery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahtab_Norouzi" title="Mahtab Norouzi">Mahtab Norouzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetiana_Protcheva" title="Tetiana Protcheva">Tetiana Protcheva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Germain_de_Saint_Aubin" title="Charles Germain de Saint Aubin">Charles Germain de Saint Aubin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Turner" title="Mary Elizabeth Turner">Mary Elizabeth Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Vlachos_-_Castano" title="Dimitri Vlachos - Castano">Dimitri Vlachos - Castano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Whyte" title="Kathleen Whyte">Kathleen Whyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Wilson" title="Erica Wilson">Erica Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Yeats" title="Lily Yeats">Lily Yeats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Embroiderers%27_Guild" title="Embroiderers' Guild">Embroiderers' Guild (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroiderers%27_Guild_of_America" title="Embroiderers' Guild of America">Embroiderers' Guild of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_Software_Protection_Coalition" title="Embroidery Software Protection Coalition">Embroidery Software Protection Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needlework_Development_Scheme" title="Needlework Development Scheme">Needlework Development Scheme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_School_of_Needlework" title="Royal School of Needlework">Royal School of Needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wemyss_School_of_Needlework" title="Wemyss School of Needlework">Wemyss School of Needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Young_Yang_Embroidery_Museum" title="Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum">Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Sang_Soo_Embroidery_Museum" title="Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum">Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appliqu%C3%A9" title="Appliqué">Appliqué</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crochet" title="Crochet">Crochet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knitting" title="Knitting">Knitting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lace" title="Lace">Lace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needlework" title="Needlework">Needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quilting" title="Quilting">Quilting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sewing" title="Sewing">Sewing</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Techniques</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tack_(sewing)" title="Tack (sewing)">Basting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_(clothing)" title="Cut (clothing)">Cut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darning" title="Darning">Darning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ease_(sewing)" title="Ease (sewing)">Ease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embellishment" title="Embellishment">Embellishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabric_tube_turning" title="Fabric tube turning">Fabric tube turning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floating_canvas" title="Floating canvas">Floating canvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gather_(sewing)" title="Gather (sewing)">Gather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godet_(sewing)" title="Godet (sewing)">Godet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gore_(fabrics)" title="Gore (fabrics)">Gore (fabrics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gusset" title="Gusset">Gusset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heirloom_sewing" title="Heirloom sewing">Heirloom sewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleat" title="Pleat">Pleat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirring" title="Shirring">Shirring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stitch_(textile_arts)" title="Stitch (textile arts)">Stitches</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_sewing_stitches" title="List of sewing stitches">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">Backstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_tack" title="Bar tack">Bar tack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanket_stitch" title="Blanket stitch">Blanket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blind_stitch" title="Blind stitch">Blind stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">Catch stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">Chain stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coverstitch" title="Coverstitch">Coverstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross-stitch" title="Cross-stitch">Cross-stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_stitch" title="Embroidery stitch">Embroidery stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemstitch" title="Hemstitch">Hemstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockstitch" title="Lockstitch">Lockstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overlock" title="Overlock">Overlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pad_stitch" title="Pad stitch">Pad stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pick_stitch" title="Pick stitch">Pick stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rantering" title="Rantering">Rantering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_stitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Running stitch">Running</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashiko" title="Sashiko">Sashiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoating" title="Stoating">Stoating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tack_(sewing)" title="Tack (sewing)">Tack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topstitch" title="Topstitch">Topstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zigzag_stitch" title="Zigzag stitch">Zigzag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Seam_(sewing)" title="Seam (sewing)">Seams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neckline" title="Neckline">Neckline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felled_seam" title="Felled seam">Felled seam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seam_allowance" title="Seam allowance">Seam allowance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Style_line" title="Style line">Style line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notions_(sewing)" title="Notions (sewing)">Notions</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Trim_(sewing)" title="Trim (sewing)">Trim</a></li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bias_tape" title="Bias tape">Bias tape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collar_stay" title="Collar stay">Collar stay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elastic_(notion)" title="Elastic (notion)">Elastic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galloon" title="Galloon">Galloon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grommet" title="Grommet">Grommet/eyelet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interfacing" title="Interfacing">Interfacing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passementerie" title="Passementerie">Passementerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piping_(sewing)" title="Piping (sewing)">Piping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruffle_(sewing)" title="Ruffle (sewing)">Ruffle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickrack" title="Rickrack">Rickrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-fabric" title="Self-fabric">Self-fabric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soutache" title="Soutache">Soutache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twill_tape" title="Twill tape">Twill tape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrights_(textile_manufacturers)" title="Wrights (textile manufacturers)">Wrights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckle" title="Buckle">Buckle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button" title="Button">Button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole" title="Buttonhole">Buttonhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frog_(fastening)" title="Frog (fastening)">Frog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hook-and-eye_closure" title="Hook-and-eye closure">Hook-and-eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hook-and-loop_fastener" title="Hook-and-loop fastener">Hook-and-loop fastener</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shank_(sewing)" title="Shank (sewing)">Shank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snap_fastener" title="Snap fastener">Snap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zipper" title="Zipper">Zipper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Materials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grain_(textile)" title="Grain (textile)">Grain/bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selvage" title="Selvage">Selvage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">Textile/fabric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thread_(yarn)" title="Thread (yarn)">Thread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">Yarn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobbin" title="Bobbin">Bobbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dress_form" title="Dress form">Dress form</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needlecase" title="Needlecase">Needlecase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needle_threader" title="Needle threader">Needle threader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattern_notcher" title="Pattern notcher">Pattern notcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pin" title="Pin">Pin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pincushion" title="Pincushion">Pincushion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinking_shears" title="Pinking shears">Pinking shears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scissors" title="Scissors">Scissors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seam_ripper" title="Seam ripper">Seam ripper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewing_gauge" title="Sewing gauge">Sewing gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewing_needle" title="Sewing needle">Sewing needle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stitching_awl" title="Stitching awl">Stitching awl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tailor%27s_ham" title="Tailor's ham">Tailor's ham</a></li> <li><a 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