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==For embroidery== Canvas is a popular base fabric for embroidery such as [[cross-stitch]] and [[Berlin wool work]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cluckie|first=Linda|title=The Rise and Fall of Art Needlework: Its Socio-Economic and Cultural Aspects|year=2008|publisher=Arena|isbn=978-0955605574|pages=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oETeePxtlhUC&pg=PA60}}</ref> Some specific types of embroidery canvases are [[Aida cloth]] (also called Java canvas<ref>{{cite book|last=Saward|first=Blanche C.|title=Encyclopedia of Victorian needlework: Dictionary of needlework, Volume 1|year=1887|publisher=Dover Publications|isbn=9780486228006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wFHAAAAYAAJ&q=Aida+canvas|quote=Aida Canvas. β This material, introduced under the French name Toile Colbert, is a description of linen cloth. It is also called " Aida Cloth," and Java Canvas ( which see), as well as " Fancy Oatmeal."}}</ref>), Penelope canvas, Chess canvas, and Binca canvas.<ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=A. V.|title=Primary Embroidery Stitches and Designs|publisher=Taylor & Francis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVA9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bendure|first=Zelma & Gladys|title=America's fabrics: origin and history, manufacture, characteristics and uses|year=1946|publisher=Macmillan Company|pages=616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-sgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Chess+canvas%22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Morris|first=Barbara|title=Victorian embroidery : an authoritative guide|year=2003|publisher=Dover Publications|location=Mineola, N.Y.|isbn=0486426092|pages=166|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6mdL2M8Sk4C&pg=PA166}}</ref> [[Plastic canvas]] is a stiffer form of Binca canvas.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goodridge|first=Paula|title=Art activities : that are easy to prepare and that children will love.|year=2009|publisher=Brilliant Pub.|location=Bedfordshire, UK|isbn=978-1905780334|pages=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kETutkHyebUC&pg=PA65}}</ref>
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