Embroidery

thumb|Traditional Nakshi Kantha of Bangladesh alt=Embroidery sampler by Alice Maywood, 1826|thumb|Embroidery Sampler (needlework)|sampler by Alice Maywood, 1826 thumb|upright|Laid threads, a surface technique in wool on [[linen. The Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century]]

embroidered wall-hanging art depicting the Norman invasion of England

thumb|Vasily Tropinin, Lady from [[Podolia, before 1821. A woman in vyshyvanka]] thumb|Basic structure of garment

embroidered tribal textile made in Central Asia and Iran

thumb|Woman in choli c. 1872.

Lumban, officially the Municipality of Lumban (), is a municipality in Laguna, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

right|thumb|Rushnyk - Ukrainian embroidery|Ukrainian embroidered and woven ritual cloth. [[Pereiaslav, Ukraine.]] A rushnyk or rushnik ( ; ; , ; ) is a decorative and ritual cloth. Made of linen or cotton it usually represents woven or embroidered designs, symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world.A Language of Their Own

embroidery technique and intangible cultural heritage of Zmijanje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chinese traditional Chinese radical embroidery (U+2FCB)

branch of applied art in which gold and silver is embroidered with thread, fine wire, and silk

type of whitework embroidery from Norway

thumb|right|200px|A 19th-century shepherd in a smock-frock. Detail from Found by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1854. thumb|Old man wearing a smock and carrying a whip A smock-frock or smock is an outer garment traditionally worn by rural workers, especially shepherds and waggoners. Today, the word smock refers to a loose overgarment worn to protect one's clothing, for instance by a painter.

Traditional Japanese hand ball

thumb|Embroidery from Beersheba Dress (Palestinian thobe) early in the 20th century. The red embroidery in [[Beersheba was worn by married women while the blue by unmarried women/widows]]

Decorative heart knot on male folk costume in Podhale region, Poland

thumb|Representation of ears of ripe wheat used as a table linen thumb|Armenian Needlelace thumbnail|Eliza A. Jordson, Brooklyn L.I. 1848. Algae or seaweed specimen, pasted on colored construction paper, framed by paper lace doilies. Brooklyn Museum. thumb|A crocheted doily in use thumb|Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II holds a doily-wrapped posy. thumb|Macarons on a paper doily

traditional clothing of the Palestinians

textile works containing examples of embroidery or other needlework stitches

thumb|right|A sovereign wearing an armband with Arabic inscription, the tiraz

creative textile work decorated by drawing threads out of ground fabric and working stitches over the resulting mesh

Ukrainian church historian (1910–2011)

thumb|right|upright|Cover for a Damascus Mahmal, Istanbul, 16th century. Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage A mahmal () is a ceremonial passenger-less litter that was carried on a camel among caravans of pilgrims on the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca which is a sacred duty in Islam. It symbolised the political power of the sultans who sent it, demonstrating their custody of Islam's holy sites. Each mahmal had an intricately embroidered textile cover, or sitr. The tradition dates back at least to the 13th century and ended in the mid-20th. There are many descriptions and photo

creative works in which the pattern is in plain linen and the ground is filled with long-armed cross stitch in red or other colors

embroidered silk shawl, originally imported via the port of Manila

plain or basket weave cloth for use in needlework

Romanesque embroidered hanging in Girona Cathedral, Spain

creative works made with a needle using white thread on a white ground

right|thumb|250px|Cutwork frill on a cotton petticoat Cutwork or cut work, also known as in Italian, is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile, typically cotton or linen, are cut away and the resulting "hole" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace.

embroidered or printed emblem or logo for attaching to clothing or hats

a small rug on which Byzantine-rite bishops stand during divine liturgy and other services

type of embroidered lace made using darning or running stitches on a hand-knotted net ground

technique of embroidering with a sewing machine or purpose-made embroidering machine

any of various embroidery stitches in which the yarn or thread is knotted around itself

embroidery using beads as embellishments

thumb|300px|Quezquémetl from the Huasteca#Huasteca_potosina|Huasteca Potosina, identifiable for its colours

textiles indigenous to the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Needlepoint is a type of canvas work, a form of embroidery in which yarn is stitched through a stiff open weave canvas. Traditionally needlepoint designs completely cover the canvas. Although needlepoint may be worked in a variety of stitches, many needlepoint designs use only a simple tent stitch and rely upon color changes in the yarn to construct the pattern. Needlepoint is the oldest form of canvas work.

thumb|right|200px|A curved border of soutache trim in drapery found in the Vermont Senate|Senate Chamber of the [[Vermont State House.]] thumb|A beaded mask decorated with soutache.

white-on-white embroidery technique in Reshetylivka district Poltava oblast

narrow yarn of thread wrapped around a core

thumb|Counted stitch blackwork, 1530s (left), and free stitch blackwork, 1590s (right).

thumb|left|Close-up of an unfinished kalaga. Kalaga () is a heavily embroidered appliqué tapestry made of silk, flannel, felt, wool and lace against a background made of cotton or velvet indigenous to Burma (Myanmar). The word kalaga, which means "curtain," comes from the Burmese language, although Burmese refer to such tapestries as shwe gyi do (; ). These tapestries use a sewing technique called shwe gyi ()

spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts

textile company

A , also known as souvenir jacket or tour jacket, is a type of satin blouse jacket often embroidered with orientalist motifs that originated in post-World War II occupied Japan.

type of handicraft made by the Baloch people

thumb|Smocking on the collar of a sixteenth-century garment

traditional embroidered cut-pile textile of Kasaï province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Type of Portuguese rug

clothing of the people of Baluchistan

ornamental curtain used in some sacred sites of Islam

powder used to prevent ink from spreading and to blot up excess ink

type of machine-made embroidered lace

thumb|Crown made for the queen of the 25th National Fair Piteado (2016) in Colotlán thumb|250px|Detail of a hand made piteado belt thumb|175px|Punteador at work in talabartería thumb|175px|Variety of piteado belts

thumb|right|300px|A traditional jelick A yelek (also spelled jelick in older English texts) is the bodice or waistcoat of Ottoman origin, traditionally worn by women. The yelek is typically a sleeveless and collarless garment and usually has small pockets on the sides. Traditional yeleks are generally embroidered and made out of silk cloth as well as velvet and leather. During the Ottoman era, the yelek was a hip-length jacket or vest worn for warmth by both sexes. It could have long sleeves, short sleeves, or no sleeves, and often had a small standing collar. A shorter variant, the anteri (or

thumb|Wyandot people|Huron quillwork moccasin Quillwork is a form of textile embellishment traditionally practiced by Indigenous peoples of North America that employs the quills of porcupines as an aesthetic element. Quills from bird feathers were also occasionally used in quillwork.

embroidered textile art form from the Kaytagsky District of southeast Dagestan, Russia

embroidery worked with vertical stitches offset to form a zigzag or similar geometric design

tribal embroidery art

type of embroidery