Embroidery
121Margaret Laton's embroidered jacket — Jacket and portrait of Margaret Laton, about 1610 V A Museum no. T.228 1994 Margaret Laton s jacket is a surviving example of English Jacobean embroidery, significant because it appears in a portrait which has also survived. The jacket was… …
122Kantha — for the town in Burma see Kantha, Burma A Kantha is a type of embroidery craft popular in West Bengal, India.The use of Kantha is popular in Saris which are used by women in West Bengal.Kantha is really the name for the embroidery itself, rather… …
123Orphrey — Orphrey, also spelt Orfrey or Orfray, is a form of highly detailed embroidery, in which typically simple materials are made into exquisite patterns. In 1182 and 1183 Henry II of England spent lavishly on orphreys.[1] This word comes from Old… …
124Straight stitch — Straight or Flat stitch is a class of simple embroidery and sewing stitches in which individual stitches are made without crossing or looping the thread.Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery , Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964,… …
125Valerie Campbell-Harding — (1932 2006) was an experimental textile designer and author of 24 books [http://www.librarything.com/author/campbellhardingvaler/] . She was born in Canada in 1932 and died in England in 2006. She founded the Computer Textile Design Group in 1996 …
126dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …
127needlepoint — needlepointer, n. /need l poynt /, n. 1. embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern. adj. 2. done or executed in needlepoint: a needlepoint cushion. 3. noting a lace (needlepoint lace) in which a needle works… …
128Suzani textile — Bokhara suzani with pomegranate design. Suzani is a type of embroidered and decorative tribal textile made in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries. Suzani is from the Persian سوزن Suzan which means …
