Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Production
Production date range
Material
- (-) - All -
- band
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- calico
- cordon
- cotton
- cotton cordon
- cotton ribbon
- cotton tape (tied around waist)
- cotton thread
- felt
- fullen wool fabric
- golden brain
- gold fringe
- gold tassels
- gold thread
- knitted button
- leather
- metal amalgam
- metal gilding
- metallic fillet
- pique
- plastic button
- rich brocaded fabric
- satin cotton
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk cord
- silk cordon
- silk fringe
- silk ribbon
- silk tassels
- silk thread
- sleeveless cotton or woollen dress
- spangles
- synthetic
- velvet
- wool-and-cotton thread
- wool-and-silk thread
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- wool ribbon
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- applique
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- (-) terzidiko (gold tailored)
- byzantine
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- daring or bouble running
- double-darning stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- flat stitch
- gobelin
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- jaconet
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- light stitch
- namet
- ountitsa
- perasti (darning stitch)
- pissokenti (back stitch)
- pissovelonia (back stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rococo
- square
- stitch
- straight
- embroidery of the loom
- gilding
- gilding (?)
- glazed
- gold embroidery
- granulated
- 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
- matelasse
- plating
- plisse
- printed
- silver embroidered
- traced design embroidery
- white open-work embroidery
- wiry
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.