Digital Repository (All)
Style
- - All -
- (-) peasant
- costume with kavadi
- costume with sigouni (sleeveless woollen coat)
- island
- island, costume with kavadi
- island, renaissance type
- island, town costume
- newer version
- newer version type
- peasant, costume with kavadi
- peasant, costume with sigouni (sleeveless woollen coat)
- peasant, imitating the town anteri
- renaissance type
- town costume
Physical Description
Production
Material
- (-) - All -
- alatzas
- band
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- button
- calico
- cardboard
- cordon
- cotton
- cotton cord
- cotton cordon
- cotton fringe
- cotton pearl
- cotton ribbon
- cotton tape (tied around waist)
- cotton thread
- felt
- fine calico
- floche cord
- fullen wool fabric
- fur
- gilded coins
- glass
- gold chevron
- gold cord
- gold cordon
- golden brain
- gold thread
- hooks and eyes
- leather
- linen-and-cotton fabric
- metal
- metal box
- metal braid
- metallic elements
- metal thread
- paper
- plush
- ribbon
- ribbon of heavy silk fabric
- rich brocaded fabric
- satin
- satin cotton
- satin ribbon
- silk
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk braid
- 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 ribbon
- synthetic thread
- thin gold cord
- tir-tir (lustring)
- undervest
- velvet
- wool-and-silk thread
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- wool fringe
- woollen fillet
- wool ribbon
- wool tassels
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) handwoven fabric
- applique
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- 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
- herring bone stitch
- jaconet
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- light stitch
- namet
- ountitsa
- perasti (darning stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- stitch
- straight
- embroidery of the loom
- gilding (?)
- gold embroidery
- 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
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
User
Period of use
Occasion
Date range
- - All -
- (-) beginning of 20th century
- 19th century
- 19th century (?) - beginning of 20th century
- 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- 20th century (?)
- 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 - beginning of 20th century
- middle of 20th century
- second half of 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- second half of 20th century
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.