Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Production
Material
- - All -
- (-) cordon
- (-) cotton cordon
- (-) gold tir-tir (gold lustring)
- (-) silk cordon
- (-) spangles
- (-) synthetic
- (-) tir-tir (lustring)
- (-) wool cordon
- band
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- brisimi (silk thread)
- cabot
- calico
- cardboard
- chenil
- cord
- cotton
- cotton gauze
- cotton tape (tied around waist)
- cotton thread
- crepe de chine silk
- elastic
- felt
- fullen wool fabric
- fur
- georgette
- gold cord
- golden brain
- golden thread
- gold fringe
- gold thread
- gold yarn
- hooks and eyes
- jersey
- knitted button
- linen
- linen-and-cotton fabric
- linen-and-silk fabric
- linen thread
- metal
- metal foil
- metal gilded sheet
- metal lattice
- metallic elements
- metallic fillet
- metal thread
- mixture of linen and silk yarns
- organdie
- paper
- pearl
- porcelain
- ribbon
- ribbon of heavy silk fabric
- rich brocaded fabric
- satin
- satin cotton
- silk
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk brocaded fabric
- silk cord
- silk crepe
- silk fabric
- silk fringe
- silk thread
- silver thread
- silver thread
- soie floche - slightly twisted silk thread
- stones
- synthetic ribbon
- synthetic silk
- taffeta
- thin gold cord
- velvet
- wool-and-cotton fabric
- wool cord
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) crocheted lace
- added paint
- applique
- applique embroidery
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- double-faced embroidery
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- buttonhole
- byzantine
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- daisy
- daring or bouble running
- double-darning stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- gobelin
- grafti (traced design)
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- knot-stitch
- light stitch
- meserizi
- namet
- ountitsa
- pissogazi (back stitch)
- pissokenti (back stitch)
- pissovelonia (back stitch)
- psaragkathi (herring bone stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rococo
- square
- stitch
- straight
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- embroidery of the frame
- embroidery of the loom
- engraved
- engraved
- gilding
- gilding (?)
- glazed
- gold embroidery
- gold embroidery of the frame
- golden lace
- 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
- machine-made white embroidery
- 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
Period of use
No Value
Occasion
Donation Policy
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