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are made of silk, either by appliqué or with embroidery. ... * Embroidery (Tib.) tshim-tang * Gold Background—an auspicious treatment ...

The Elizabethan era also saw a great flowering of domestic embroidery for both clothing and furnishings. Predominant styles include canvas work ...

in the use of the brush. In sewing and embroidery, she displayed exquisite ... ====Embroidery==== [[Image:Shin stamp2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Stamp ...

is woven into the cloth, but is in fact an embroidery. The 70 scenes ... Establishing a History of Anglo-Saxon Embroidery," in Netherton Owen ...

after weaving, with various sorts of embroidery, pearls and precious stones ... lot of embellishments such as mirrors or embroidery, and may be worn on special ...

to help her family. Her exquisite lace and embroidery helped to support her home, while her nights were devoted to prayer and penance in a little ...

tiny shoes decorated with beautiful embroidery. Since they were unable ... tiny shoes decorated with beautiful embroidery. Since they were unable ...

Boucher, was a painter specializing in embroidery designs. These humble beginnings ... to François Lemoyne as a designer of embroidery patterns for three months ...

including folk painting; jewelry making; embroidery, tie-dyeing and other decorative ... ===Embroidery=== [[Image:Patiala Phulkari.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Embroidered ...

==Embroidery carpets== Unlike woven carpets, embroidery carpets are not made on a loom. Their ...

textile that is so densely encrusted with embroidery that its corners stand away stiffly. Her lavishly illuminated Book of Hours is open before her, ...

A pair of scissors is a hand-operated cutting instrument consisting of a pair of metal blades connected at a pivot, such that the blades meet ...

| Embroidery || Chinese embroidery || Neolithic |- | rowspan="4" | Chinese painting || Ming Dynasty painting || Ming Dynasty ...

featuring brilliant colors and rich embroidery, often in the design of a dragon. Persons of high rank or virtue wear red, lower ranking officials ...

flowing robes, richly decorated, mostly through embroidery. Fulani women also traditionally use Henna around the mouth, resulting in a blackening around ...

for silk production, especially Suzhou Silk Hand Embroidery Art. Other outstanding crafts include Suzhou embroidery, fans, national musical instruments ...

The Bayeux tapestry is an embroidery done on "eight bolts of natural colored linen with only two different stitches of wool; in tapestry ...

and goldware, leather goods, and embroidery. Chief exports are the agricultural products of the surrounding region, mainly wheat and cotton, ...

painting, gold and silver leaf imprints or embroidery may be used to enhance the design of an obi or kimono. Japanese embroidery employs mainly satin ...

like jewelry, carpets, costumes, antiques and embroidery. Up the hill to the castle gate, there are many shops selling a huge and fresh collection ...

Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25 percent of the total ...

social graces, along with reading, writing and embroidery skills. However, the young Vigee was reprimanded on more than one occasion for drawing on ...

jewelry. Another use for seed beads is an embroidery technique where seed beads are sewn onto fabric backings to create broad collar neck pieces and ...

pashmina shawls of Kashmir with their intricate embroidery are very famous. The Angora breed produces long, curling, lustrous locks of mohair ...

Panel at chin is dyed gut applique with red wool embroidery. Fur and dyed gut applique trim the cuffs and hem. Human hair decorates the seams. Worn by ...

Hunan's products include Xiang embroidery, one of China's four famous embroideries. With 200 years of history behind them, the chrysanthemum ...

The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of ...

Russian-Jewish immigrants Alex Festinger (an embroidery manufacturer) and Sara Solomon Festinger. He attended Boys' High School and received a Bachelor ...

found in a number of crafts associated with embroidery, silk-weaving, and so forth. Apprentices were young (usually about fourteen to twenty-one years ...

industry. Traditional Uzbek crafts such as gold embroidery, ceramics, and engraving have been revived. Uzbekistan's per capita GDP was estimated ...

A bed is a piece of furniture (or a location) primarily used as a place to sleep, and often used for relaxation. To make a bed more comfortable ...

family contributed a dowry of linen and embroidery, and rural weddings involved ... carving, ceramics, woven wool rugs, and embroidery of costumes, household ...

detail, she decorated her tutus with beadwork, embroidery, crochet, and appliqué. Russia gave the world not only great directors, choreographers ...

Suzhou is famous for its silk, embroidery art, jasmine tea, stone bridges, pagodas, and its classical gardens. Nearby Yixing is famous for its ...

sequins, crystals, coins, beaded fringe, and embroidery. The belt may be a separate piece, or sewn into a skirt. The bedlah has changed over ...

marriage and practices cooking, sewing, embroidery, and textile making. ... in bright tones decorated with elaborate embroidery around the collar. Some ...

red with white, silver, or gold embroidery. Two to three years into her apprenticeship, the red collar will be entirely embroidered in white ...

This cultural fusion is expressed in arts such as embroidery and lace making. The music, which consists of lilting polkas, bouncy galopas, and ...

time, in occupations such as spinning, dying, and embroidery. In comparison, female property rights and wage labor were relatively uncommon in Europe ...

*Gold can be made into thread and used in embroidery. *Gold is used in restorative dentistry, especially in tooth restorations such as crowns ...

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resort, noted for its Madeira Wine, flowers, and embroidery artisans, as well as its New Year's Eve celebrations that feature, purportedly, the ...

and aunt who use her unkindly and make her do embroidery and needlework for the whole family late into the night. In spite of her misfortunes, however ...

quot; and an outer robe "adorned with embroidery into which precious stones were stone."O'Brien, 2005, 36. Marriage and coronation were ...

The Kalash or Kalasha, are an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Chitral district of the North-West Frontier Province ...

ink drawings, posters, mosaics, and embroidery. Juche ideology asserts Korea's cultural distinctiveness and creativity as well as the productive ...

but tend to be highly refined. Weaving and embroidery vary from one region to another. The used fabrics are adapted to needs and circumstances, and ...

woven songket textiles, wood carving, embroidery, pottery, and metallurgy. ===Cuisine=== List of Minangkabau cuisine [[Image:Lamb rendang.jpg ...

Prussia Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Old Prussian: Prūsa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in Brandenburg, an area that for centuries ...

or silk, or made by appliqué (go-tang) or with embroidery (tshim-tang). Painted thangkas are done on treated cotton canvas or silk with water soluble ...

has begun to market to eco-tourists. Embroidery and drawn thread work are done by hand to produce clothing, as well as tablecloths and other ...

Paldi area famous for shops selling works of embroidery from the Kutch and Saurashtra regions. The artisans of Rangeela pol have become famous for ...

wear brightly colored shalwar kameez with embroidery for special occasions such as weddings while men often wear solid-colored shalwar kameez, usually ...

bronze working, calabash carving and painting, embroidery, and leather working. Traditional housing styles make use of locally available materials and ...

Kyrgyzstan (also “Kyrgyz,” “Kirgizia,” or “Kirghizia”), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked and mountainous country ...

Ladakh ( t=ལ་དྭགས་|script=yes|w=la-dwags , Ladakhi lad̪ɑks , Hindi: लद्दाख़, Hindi ləd̪.d̪ɑːx , Urdu: لدّاخ; ...

elements borrowed from other crafts such as embroidery, batik and paper-cutting, are widely produced in rural areas. ====Xu Beihong==== ...

many of their sacred animals into metalworks and embroidery. Celtic art is well-known in the forms of intricate Celtic designs, ornamented tools, jewelry ...

insignia, accessories, beading, and embroidery. Some fashions incorporate references to the past, while others attempt to innovate something ...

a sword. On ceremonial occasions, he he wore embroidery and jewels on his clothing and shoes. He had a golden buckle for his cloak on such occasions ...

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic is a Middle Eastern country bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Lebanon to the west, Israel to the ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group the people indigenous to the United States|broader uses of ...

when issuing her dissents (black with gold embroidery and faceted stones) as well as another she wore when issuing majority opinions (crocheted yellow ...

Some say that this banner is green with golden embroidery; others say that it is black and others think there is no banner in the chest at all. ...

Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Empire. The dynasty was founded by Ardashir ...

shape of a costume part, or the colors or the embroidery designs used. This is also true with respect to the various costumes worn by Greeks of the ...

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet Union, bordering Russia, Romania and the Black Sea. From at least the ninth ...

including resist-dyeing, tie-dyeing and embroidery. In early Confucian society, clothing was an important indicator of rank and social status ...

Chopin "has created a kind of chromatic embroidery ... whose effect is so strange and piquant as to be impossible to describe ... virtually nobody ...

other ceramic forms, lace work, weavings, embroidery, and other craft art. ===Cinema=== In the long history of Spanish cinema, the great filmmaker ...