Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Decoration
- - All -
- (-) stylized decoration
- anthropomorphic decoration (;)
- anthropomorphic decoration
- emblems
- geometric decoration
- linear decoration
- marine motifs
- mythological motifs
- religious motifs
- religious motifs (?)
- stylized flower decoration
- stylized vegetal decoration
- vegetal decoration
- zoomorphic decoration
Production
Production place (Country | Geogr. Area | Prefecture)
Material
- (-) - All -
- alatzas
- alpaca
- band
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- branchy silk threads
- button
- cabot
- calico
- cardboard
- cordon
- corduroy
- cotton
- cotton brocade
- cotton cord
- cotton cordon
- cotton ribbon
- cotton tape (tied around waist)
- cotton thread
- felt
- fine calico
- floche cordon
- floche tassels
- fullen wool fabric
- gold chevron
- gold cord
- gold cordon
- golden brain
- gold thread
- hessian
- hooks and eyes
- linen
- linen-and-silk fabric
- little pin
- metal
- metal box
- metal braid
- metal button
- metal foil
- metallic elements
- ntra
- paper
- plush
- ribbon
- ribbon of heavy silk fabric
- saddle blanket
- satin
- satin
- satin cotton
- satin synthetic
- silk
- silk
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk braid
- silk brocaded fabric
- silk cord
- silk cord
- silk cordon
- silk fringe
- silk ribbon
- silk thread
- silver chevron
- silver cord
- silver cord
- silver cordon
- silver thread
- soie floche - slightly twisted silk thread
- spangles
- synthetic
- synthetic thread
- taffeta
- thin gold cord
- tichreli
- tir-tir (lustring)
- undervest
- velvet
- velvet ribbon
- wire
- wool-and-silk fabric
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- woolen button
- wool fringe
- woollen fillet
- wool ribbon
- wool tassels
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- (-) glazed
- (-) handwoven fabric
- applique
- applique embroidery
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- (-) terzidiko (gold tailored)
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- double-darning stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- gobelin
- grafti (traced design)
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- light stitch
- namet
- ountitsa
- perasti (darning stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rococo
- rounded
- stitch
- straight
- white open-work hand-made embroidery
- xombliasti
- embroidery of the loom
- gilding
- gilding (?)
- gold embroidery
- 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
- traced design embroidery
- wiry
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
User
Period of use
Occasion
Date range
- - All -
- (-) beginning of 20th century
- (-) middle of 20th century
- 19th century
- 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- 20th century (?)
- 20th century
- beginning of 20th century - middle of 20th century
- end of 18th century - beginning of 19th century
- end of 19th century
- end of 19th century - 20th century
- end of 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- end of 20th century
- first half of 20th century
- middle of 19th century
- second half of 20th century
Place of use (Country | Geogr. Area | Prefecture)
Donation Policy
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