Digital Repository (All)
Style
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- (-) peasant
- ancient greek style
- byzantine style
- civil, costume with kavadi
- costume with kavadi
- costume with sigouni (sleeveless woollen coat)
- eastern type
- island
- island, costume with kavadi
- island, renaissance type
- island, town costume
- minoan style
- 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
- town costume, newer version type
Physical Description
Production
Material
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- alatzas
- band
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- button
- calico
- cotton
- cotton brocade
- cotton cordon
- cotton pearl
- cotton ribbon
- cotton tape (tied around waist)
- cotton thread
- cotton tulle
- felt
- floche cord
- fullen wool fabric
- fur
- garment
- gold chevron
- gold cord
- gold cordon
- golden brain
- gold tassels
- gold thread
- hooks and eyes
- keel
- leather
- linen-and-cotton fabric
- metal box
- metallic elements
- moulinedes (cotton threads)
- paper
- plastic
- plastic button
- plush
- ribbon
- rich brocaded fabric
- saddle blanket
- satin
- satin cotton
- satin ribbon
- silk
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk cord
- silk cordon
- silk crepe
- silk fringe
- silk thread
- silver cordon
- silver thread
- sleeveless cotton or woollen dress
- snap fastening
- soie floche - slightly twisted silk thread
- spangles
- synthetic
- synthetic ribbon
- synthetic thread
- tassels
- undervest
- velvet
- wood
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- woolen tassels
- woollen fillet
- wool ribbon
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
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- (-) industrially woven textile
- applique
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- crocheted lace
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- 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
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- embroidery of the loom
- gilding (?)
- glazed
- gold embroidery
- granulated
- handwoven fabric
- 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
Period of use
Occasion
Donation Policy
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