Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Production
Production date range
Material
- (-) - All -
- band
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- cordon
- cotton
- cotton cordon
- cotton ribbon
- cotton tape (tied around waist)
- cotton thread
- fullen wool fabric
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk cordon
- silk thread
- spangles
- wool-and-cotton thread
- wool-and-silk thread
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- wool ribbon
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- applique
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- byzantine
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- daring or bouble running
- double-darning stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- gobelin
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- jaconet
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- light stitch
- namet
- ountitsa
- perasti (darning stitch)
- pissokenti (back stitch)
- pissovelonia (back stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rococo
- square
- stitch
- straight
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- embroidery of the loom
- gilding
- gilding (?)
- glazed
- gold embroidery
- granulated
- handwoven fabric
- industrially woven textile
- knitted
- knitted with bodkin
- knitted with little needle
- lace
- lace sold by the metre
- lace with little needle
- lacy band
- machine-made embroidery
- matelasse
- plating
- plisse
- printed
- silver embroidered
- traced design embroidery
- white open-work embroidery
- wiry
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
User
Status
Period of use
No Value
Occasion
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.