Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Decoration
- - All -
- (-) stylized decoration
- anthropomorphic decoration (;)
- anthropomorphic decoration
- geometric decoration
- linear decoration
- marine motifs
- mythological motifs
- religious motifs
- religious motifs (?)
- stylized flower decoration
- stylized vegetal decoration
- stylized vegetal decoration (?)
- vegetal decoration
- zoomorphic decoration
Production
Production place (Country | Geogr. Area | Prefecture)
Material
- (-) - All -
- band
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- branchy silk threads
- button
- cabot
- calico
- cordon
- cotton
- cotton cordon
- cotton ribbon
- cotton thread
- fullen wool fabric
- gold chevron
- gold thread
- hooks and eyes
- linen
- moulinedes (cotton threads)
- ribbon
- sheeting
- silk
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk braid
- silk cord
- silk cordon
- silk fillet
- silk fringe
- silk thread
- silver thread
- snap fastening
- soie floche - slightly twisted silk thread
- spangles
- synthetic
- undervest
- velvet
- wool-and-cotton thread
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- wool fringe
- wool ribbon
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) traced design embroidery
- added paint
- applique
- applique embroidery
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- daring or bouble running
- double-darning stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- gobelin
- grafti (traced design)
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- kavaloriki
- knot-stitch
- light stitch
- meserizi
- namet
- ountitsa
- perasti (darning stitch)
- pissovelonia (back stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rococo
- rounded
- shadow stitch
- square
- stitch
- straight
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- white open-work hand-made embroidery
- xombliasti
- embroidery of the loom
- gilding
- gilding (?)
- glazed
- gold embroidery
- golden lace
- handwoven fabric
- industrially woven textile
- knitted with bodkin
- knitted with little needle
- lace
- lace sold by the metre
- lace with little needle
- lacy band
- machine-made embroidery
- matelasse
- plisse
- printed
- silver embroidered
- silvering
- wiry
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
User
Period of use
No Value
Occasion
Place of use (Country | Geogr. Area | Prefecture)
Donation Policy
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