Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Production
Material
- (-) - All -
- band
- batiste
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- cotton
- cotton cord
- cotton thread
- fine calico
- gold cordon
- gold lattice
- gold stars
- gold thread
- gold tir-tir (gold lustring)
- gold yarn
- linen
- metal amalgam
- organdie
- porcelain
- ribbon of heavy silk fabric
- rich brocaded fabric
- satin
- satin cotton
- silk
- silk ribbon
- silk thread
- spangles
- synthetic
- taffeta
- tir-tir (lustring)
- tulle
- velvet
- wool-and-cotton fabric
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) gold embroidery of the frame
- (-) machine-made embroidery
- adhered
- applique
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- buttonhole
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- daring or bouble running
- double-darning straw stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- gobelin
- grafti (traced design)
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- ountitsa
- pissogazi (back stitch)
- pissokenti (back stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rococo
- rounded
- shadow stitch
- stitch
- straight
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- xombliasti
- embroidery of the loom
- enamel
- engraved
- engraved
- gilding
- glazed
- gold-plating
- gold-plating
- gold embroidery
- golden lace
- granulated
- hammered
- handwoven fabric
- industrially woven textile
- knitted
- knitted with bodkin
- lace
- lace sold by the metre
- lace with little needle
- lacy band
- machine-made white embroidery
- machine knitted
- matelasse
- niello
- plisse
- priming coat
- printed
- silver embroidered
- silvering
- traced design embroidery
- white open-work embroidery
- wiry
- woodcut and brush
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
User
Period of use
No Value
Occasion
Donation Policy
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