Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Production
Material
- (-) - All -
- band
- batiste
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- cabot
- calico
- cardboard
- chevron
- cotton
- cotton brocade
- cotton cord
- cotton ribbon
- cotton thread
- cotton tulle
- felt
- gold cord
- gold cordon
- gold lattice
- gold thread
- gold tir-tir (gold lustring)
- gold yarn
- hessian
- linen
- linen-and-cotton fabric
- metal
- metal amalgam
- metal foil
- metallic elements
- metal silver-plated sheet
- metal thread
- pearl
- plush
- porcelain
- ribbon of heavy silk fabric
- satin
- satin
- silk
- silk
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk brocaded fabric
- silk cordon
- silk fillet
- silk ribbon
- silk thread
- spangles
- stones
- synthetic
- synthetic ribbon
- taffeta
- tichreli
- tir-tir (lustring)
- tulle
- velvet
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- wool ribbon
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) lace sold by the metre
- added paint
- adhered
- applique
- applique embroidery
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- double-faced embroidery
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- buttonhole
- byzantine
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- crimped stitch
- double-darning stitch
- double-darning straw stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- french knot
- gobelin
- grafti (traced design)
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- kavaloriki
- knot-stitch
- light stitch
- ountitsa
- pissogazi (back stitch)
- psaragkathi (herring bone stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rounded
- stitch
- straight
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- xombliasti
- embroidery of the loom
- enamel
- engraved
- engraved
- fastening
- gilding
- gilding (?)
- glazed
- gold-plating
- gold-plating
- gold embroidery
- gold embroidery of the frame
- golden lace
- granulated
- hammered
- handwoven fabric
- industrially woven textile
- insertion
- knitted
- knitted with bodkin
- lace
- lace with little needle
- lacy band
- machine-made embroidery
- machine-made white embroidery
- machine knitted
- 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
User
Period of use
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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.