Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Production
Material
- (-) - All -
- acrylic
- band
- beads
- brailed gold fillet
- bronze
- bronze tassels
- button
- cabot
- calico
- cardboard
- chevron
- clay
- colour
- coral
- coral beads
- cordon
- cotton
- cotton cord
- cotton cordon
- cotton fillet
- cotton organdie
- cotton pearl
- cotton ribbon
- cotton thread
- crepe de chine silk
- elastic
- felt
- fine calico
- fortetsa
- fullen wool fabric
- gelatine
- gilded coins
- glass
- glass stone
- gold button
- gold chevron
- gold cord
- gold cordon
- golden brain
- golden spangles
- gold fringe
- gold thread
- gold tir-tir (gold lustring)
- hessian
- hooks and eyes
- horse-hair
- jersey
- keel
- knitted button
- leather
- linen
- linen-and-cotton fabric
- linen-and-silk fabric
- little pin
- metal
- metal braid
- metal gilded sheet
- metallic elements
- mousseline
- ntra
- organdie
- paper
- pearl
- plastic beads
- plastic element
- plastic whalebone
- poplin
- porcelain
- primer
- ribbon
- ribbon of heavy silk fabric
- rich brocaded fabric
- rope
- saddle blanket
- sailcloth
- satin
- satin
- satin cotton
- satin ribbon
- satin synthetic
- silk
- silk
- silk (?)
- silk-and-cotton brocade
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk braid
- silk brocaded fabric
- silk cord
- silk cord
- silk cordon
- silk fillet
- silk fringe
- silk ribbon
- silk thread
- silver chevron
- silver cord
- silver cord
- silver cordon
- silver fillet
- silver thread
- silver thread
- silver tir-tir (silver lustring)
- sintefi (nacre)
- soie floche - slightly twisted silk thread
- spangles
- stones
- straw
- string
- synthetic
- synthetic band
- synthetic ribbon
- synthetic thread
- taffeta
- thin gold cord
- tichreli
- tir-tir (lustring)
- tulle
- velvet
- waxcloth
- waxcloth (?)
- wire
- wood
- wool-and-silk thread
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- woolen tassels
- wool fringe
- wool thread
- wool yarn
- yellow metal
Techniques
- (-) - All -
- added paint
- applique
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- applique
- chain
- double-darning stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- fine drawing
- flat stitch
- french knot
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- knot-stitch
- light stitch
- meserizi
- perasti (darning stitch)
- pissovelonia (back stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- shadow stitch
- square
- stitch
- straight
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- white open-work hand-made embroidery
- embroidery of the frame
- embroidery of the loom
- engraved
- fastening
- gilding (?)
- glazed
- gold embroidery
- hammered
- handwoven fabric
- industrially woven textile
- insertion
- knitted
- lace
- lace sold by the metre
- lace with little needle
- machine-made embroidery
- plisse
- printed
- silver embroidered
- traced design embroidery
- white open-work embroidery
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
Period of use
Occasion
Date range
- (-) - All -
- 19th century
- 19th century (?) - beginning of 20th century
- 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- 20th century (?)
- 20th century
- beginning 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
- first half of 20th century
- middle of 19th century
- middle of 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- middle of 20th century
- second half of 19th century - beginning of 20th century
Place of use (Country | Geogr. Area | Prefecture)
Donation Policy
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