Digital Repository (All)
Physical Description
Decoration
- (-) - All -
- anthropomorphic decoration (;)
- anthropomorphic decoration
- geometric decoration
- linear decoration
- marine motifs
- mythological motifs
- religious motifs
- religious motifs (?)
- stylized decoration
- stylized flower decoration
- stylized vegetal decoration
- stylized vegetal decoration (?)
- vegetal decoration
- zoomorphic decoration
Production
Production place (Country | Geogr. Area | Prefecture)
Material
- (-) - All -
- acrylic
- agate
- band
- batiste
- beads
- braid
- brailed gold fillet
- brisimi (silk thread)
- bronze
- button
- cabot
- calico
- colour
- coral
- cotton
- cotton braid
- cotton cord
- cotton cordon
- cotton gauze
- cotton ribbon
- cotton tape (tied around waist)
- cotton thread
- crepe de chine silk
- elastic
- felt
- fine calico
- floche cord
- fullen wool fabric
- glass stone
- gold button
- gold chevron
- gold cord
- gold cordon
- golden brain
- gold fringe
- gold thread
- gold yarn
- knitted button
- leather
- linen-and-silk fabric
- metal
- metal amalgam
- metal foil
- metal gilded sheet
- metallic elements
- metallic fillet
- moulinedes (cotton threads)
- pearl
- plastic beads
- poplin
- porcelain
- ribbon
- ribbon of heavy silk fabric
- rope
- satin
- satin ribbon
- silk
- silk
- silk-and-cotton fabric
- silk brocaded fabric
- silk cord
- silk cordon
- silk thread
- silver cord
- silver cordon
- snap fastening
- spangles
- stones
- synthetic
- synthetic ribbon
- synthetic thread
- undervest
- velvet
- wiry band
- wool-and-cotton thread
- wool-and-silk thread
- wool cord
- wool cordon
- wool fringe
- woollen fillet
- wool ribbon
- wool thread
- wool yarn
Techniques
- - All -
- (-) engraved
- (-) lace with little needle
- added paint
- adhered
- applique
- applique embroidery
- chyti (with embroideries in open or drawn threadwork)
- counted threadwork
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- daring or bouble running
- double-darning stitch
- double cross-stitch
- gobelin
- pissovelonia (back stitch)
- psaragkathi (herring bone stitch)
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riddled stitch
- simple
- single cross-stitch
- stitch
- stitch that form a zic-zag
- straight
- straight stitch
- strict
- crocheted lace
- double-faced embroidery
- dye
- embellished
- embroidered band
- embroidery
- applique
- basting stitch
- buttonhole
- byzantine
- chain
- counted one step vertical stitch
- crimped stitch
- cut embroidery
- daisy
- daring or bouble running
- dense "rug" stitch
- double-darning stitch
- double-darning straw stitch
- festoni (scallop)
- fine drawing
- flat stitch
- french knot
- gobelin
- grafti (traced design)
- hem stitching
- herring bone stitch
- jaconet
- kassinaki (chain stitch)
- kavaloriki
- knot-stitch
- light stitch
- meserezi
- meserizi
- namet
- ountitsa
- perasti (darning stitch)
- pissogazi (back stitch)
- pissokenti (back stitch)
- pissovelonia (back stitch)
- psaragkathi (herring bone stitch)
- Rethymnon stitch
- richti (thrown stitch)
- riza (stem stitch)
- rococo
- rounded
- shadow stitch
- small cross
- square
- stitch
- stitch that form a zic-zag
- straight
- terzidiko (gold tailored)
- white open-work hand-made embroidery
- xombliasti
- embroidery of the frame
- embroidery of the loom
- enamel
- 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 beads
- knitted with bodkin
- knitted with little needle
- lace
- lace sold by the metre
- lace with hairpin
- lacy band
- little needle band
- machine-made embroidery
- machine-made white embroidery
- machine knitted
- matelasse
- niello
- pierced
- plating
- plisse
- priming coat
- printed
- rafti
- silver embroidered
- silvering
- traced design embroidery
- white open-work embroidery
- wiry
- woodcut and brush (?)
- woodcut and brush
Use
Population / Cultural / Ethnic Group
Period of use
Occasion
Date range
- (-) - All -
- 19th century
- 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- 20th century
- beginning of 20th century
- beginning of 21st century
- end of 19th century
- end of 19th century - beginning of 20th century
- end 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
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.