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  2. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Embroidery. Laid threads, a surface technique in wool on linen. The Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century. Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins.

  3. Blackwork - Wikipedia

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    Blackwork in silk thread on linen was the most common domestic embroidery technique for clothing (shirts, smocks, sleeves, ruffs, and caps) and for household items such as cushion covers throughout the reign of Elizabeth I, but lost popularity as a technique by the 17th century. [b] Historic blackwork embroidery is rare to find well-preserved ...

  4. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Hardanger embroidery or "Hardangersøm" is a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave linen or cloth, using counted thread and drawn thread work techniques. It is sometimes called whitework embroidery. Hardanger embroidery gets its name from the district of Hardanger in western Norway, where it was known ...

  5. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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    Cross-stitch. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. The stitcher counts the threads on a piece of evenweave fabric (such as linen) in each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size and appearance.

  6. Ukrainian embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Ukrainian embroidery was an everyday art in the common people's lives until the 19th century, when it became more of a craft. Embroidery was mostly used for the decoration of clothing and fabrics and for the decoration of homes and churches. [2] Embroidered products, especially a rushnyk, are greatly symbolic for a series of ceremonies and ...

  7. Drawn thread work - Wikipedia

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    Drawn thread work. Drawn thread work is one of the earliest forms of open work embroidery, and has been worked throughout Europe. Originally it was often used for ecclesiastical items and to ornament shrouds. [1] It is a form of counted-thread embroidery based on removing threads from the warp and/or the weft of a piece of even-weave fabric.

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