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Weaving > Embroidery
PREFERRED TERM
Embroidery  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Old French "embroder", and the Middle English "embrouderie". Originally the term was used to describe the ornament on ecclesiastical garments. It is an art of ornamenting cloths and other fabrics' ground with needle-worked accesory stitches made with thread, yarn or other flexible materials. From the many types of stitches straight running stitch, backstitch, satin stitch, couching stitch, cross-stitch, chain-stitch, can be named.
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ENTRY TERMS
  • broiderie
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989 [www.oed.com] Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014; Thornton, Peter. Baroque and Rococo Silks. Faber & Faber, 1965; Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles. A guide to technical terms. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011; Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Broderie (technique)

French

Ricamato

Italian

Bordado

Spanish

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