Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Production
Production date range
Material
- (-) - All -
- beads
- branchy silk threads
- cardboard
- cordon
- cotton
- cotton thread
- felt
- gold button
- gold chevron
- gold cordon
- gold thread
- hessian
- hooks and eyes
- metal foil
- paper
- ribbon
- saddle blanket
- satin
- satin cotton
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk braid
- silk cordon
- silk thread
- silver button
- silver chevron
- silver cord
- silver cordon
- silver thread
- spangles
- tir-tir (lustring)
- velvet
- wool cordon
- wool fringe
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) silver embroidered
- added paint
- applique
- applique embroidery
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- (-) gobelin
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- daring or bouble running
- double-darning stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- 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
- silvering
- traced design embroidery
- wiry
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
User
Status
Period of use
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Date range
Donation Policy
Support the CMLE
The enrichment of the CMLE’s collections, with the aim of safekeeping, preserving, utilising and promoting them, has been a constant goal throughout all these years.
If you wish to donate objects to the CMLE, please download and complete the special item donation form.