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==Traditional hand embroidery around the world== {{Dynamic list}} {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" |- !Traditional embroidery !Origin !Stitches used !materials !Picture |- |[[Embroidery of India|Aari embroidery]] |[[Kashmir]] and [[Kutch district|Kutch, Gujarat, India]] |[[Chain stitch]] |Silk thread, fabric, beads or sequins | |- |[[Art needlework]] |[[England]] | | |[[File:Embroidered_Panel_Morris_and_Company_detail.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Assisi embroidery]] |[[Assisi]], Italy |[[Backstitch]], [[Cross stitches|cross stitch]], [[Holbein stitch]] |Cloth, red thread, silk, stranded perlé cotton |[[File:AssisiBorder.JPG|frameless|155x155px]] |- |[[Balochi needlework]] |[[Balochistan, Pakistan]] | |Beads, cloth, [[Shisha (embroidery)|shisha]], thread |[[File:سوزندوزی_پرکار_بلوچی.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Bargello (needlework)|Bargello]] |[[Florence]], Italy |Vertical stitches (e.g. "flame stitch") |Linen or cotton canvas, wool floss or yarn |[[File:Purse_(USA),_18th_century_(CH_18457595).jpg|frameless|287x287px]] |- |[[Berlin wool work]] |[[Berlin]], Germany |[[Cross stitches|Cross stitch]] or [[tent stitch]] |Linen or cotton canvas, wool floss or yarn |[[File:Woman's_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg|frameless|188x188px]] |- |[[Blackwork]] |[[England]] |[[Backstitch]], [[Holbein stitch]], stem stitch |Linen or cotton fabric, black or red silk thread |[[File:English_cover,_AIC.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Brazilian embroidery]] |[[Brazil]] |Bullion knots, cast-on stitch, drizzle stitch, [[Knotted stitch|French knots]], [[featherstitch]], fly stitch, stem stitch |Cloth, [[rayon]] thread |[[File:Brazilian_Embroidery_Flowers.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Broderie anglaise]] |[[Czech Republic|Czechia]] |[[Buttonhole stitch]], [[overcast stitch]], [[satin stitch]] |White cloth and thread |[[File:Boy's_frock_broderie_anglaise.png|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Broderie perse]] |[[India]] | |[[Chintz]], thread |[[File:Quilt_LACMA_M.87.125.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Bunka shishu]] |[[Japan]] |[[Punch needle]] techniques |Rayon or silk thread | |- |[[Candlewicking]] |[[United States]] |[[Knotted stitch]], [[satin stitch]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-27 |title=The History and Technique of Candlewicking and Whitework |url=https://www.needlepointers.com/main/ShowArticles.aspx?NavID=3927 |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Needlepointers.com |language=en}}</ref> |Unbleached cotton thread, unbleached [[muslin]] |[[File:Candlewick_Spread,_c._1825,_Eastern_United_States_(cropped).jpg|frameless]] |- |[[Korean embroidery|Chasu]] |[[Korea]] |[[Chain stitch]], [[couching]], leaf stitch, long-and-short stitch, mat stitch, [[Backstitch|outline stitch]], padding stitch, [[satin stitch]]es, seed stitch | |[[File:MET DP14467.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Chikan (embroidery)|Chikan]] |[[Lucknow]], India |[[Backstitch]]es, [[chain stitch]]es, shadow-work |Cloth, white thread |[[File:Chikan_embroidery_on_a_saree_pallu.jpg|frameless|200x200px]] |- |[[Colcha embroidery]] |[[Southwestern United States]] | |Cotton or linen cloth, wool thread |[[File:Embroidered_coverlet_(Colcha)_MET_DP268047.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Crewel embroidery|Crewelwork]] |[[Great Britain]] |Chain stitch, couched stitches, knotted stitches, satin stitch, seed stitch, split stitch, stem stitch |Crewel yarn, linen twill |[[File:Crewel_curtain_c_1696_England_leaf_detail.jpg|frameless|228x228px]] |- |[[Goldwork (embroidery)|Goldwork]] |[[China]] |[[Couching]], [[Holbein stitch]], [[Backstitch|stem stitch]] |Cloth, [[Metallic fiber|metallic thread]] |[[File:Ախալցխայի_տարազ_մանրամասն.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Gota (embroidery)|Gota patti]] |[[Rajasthan]], India | | |[[File:Kota_sari_with_gota_patti_by_ashish_01.JPG|frameless|200x200px]] |- |[[Chinese embroidery#Other styles|Gu Xiu]] |[[Shanghai]], China | |Silk cloth and thread |[[File:Gu_embroidery.jpg|frameless|200x200px]] |- |[[Hardanger embroidery]] |[[Norway]] |[[Buttonhole stitch]], cable stitch, [[Featherstitch|fly stitch]], [[knotted stitch]], [[picot]], [[Straight stitch|running stitch]], [[satin stitch]] |White thread, white [[Balanced fabric|even-weave]] linen cloth |[[File:Forkle_-_Norsk_Folkemuseum_-_NF.1913-1552_-_bilde_2.jpg|frameless|199x199px]] |- |[[Hedebo embroidery]] |[[:da:Hedeboegnen|Hedebo]], [[Zealand]], Denmark | |White linen cloth and thread |[[File:Tællesyning.jpg|frameless|200x200px]] |- |[[Kaitag textiles]] |[[Kaytagsky District]], [[Dagestan]], Russia |Laid-and-couched work |Cotton cloth, silk thread |[[File:Kaitag.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Kalaga]] |[[Myanmar|Burma]] | | |[[File:Mandalay-Sein_Myint_Tapestry-12-Wandteppich-gje.jpg|frameless|258x258px]] |- |[[Kantha]] |[[East India|Eastern India]] | |Old saris, thread |[[File:Kantha_(Quilt)_LACMA_AC1994.131.1.jpg|frameless|203x203px]] |- |[[Kasidakari]] |[[India]] |[[Chain stitch]], [[Darning|darning stitch]], [[satin stitch]], [[Backstitch|stem stitch]] | | |- |[[Kasuti]] |[[Karnataka]], India |[[Cross stitches|Cross stitch]], double running stitch, [[Straight stitch|running stitch]], zigzag running stitch |Cotton thread and cloth |[[File:Kasuti embroidery.jpg|150x150px|Motifs of kasuti embroidery]] |- |[[Khamak (Embroidery)|Khamak]] |[[Kandahar]], Afghanistan |[[Satin stitch]] |Cotton or wool fabric, silk thread | |- |[[Kuba textiles]] |[[Republic of the Congo|The Congo]] |Embroidery, [[appliqué]], cut-pile embroidery |Raffia cloth and thread |[[File:Brooklyn_Museum_26549_Raffia_Cloth.jpg|frameless|250x250px]] |- |[[Kutch Embroidery|Kutch embroidery]] |[[Kutch district|Kutch]], [[Gujarat]], India | |Cotton cloth, cotton or silk thread |[[File:Tuch_meqwar.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Lambada embroidery]] |[[Banjara|Banjara people]] | | |[[File:Blouse_(kanchali)_and_skirt_(ghaghara),_Banjara_community,_Saurashtra,_Gujarat,_India,_view_1,_mid_20th_century,_cotton,_glass_mirrors_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00975.JPG|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Mountmellick embroidery|Mountmellick work]] |[[Mountmellick]], [[County Laois]], Ireland |[[Knotted stitch]]es, padded stitches |White cotton cloth and thread |[[File:Runner,_table_(AM_1992.250-5).jpg|frameless|200x200px]] |- |[[Opus Anglicanum|Opus anglicanum]] |[[England]] |[[Backstitch|Split stitch]], [[Couching|surface couching]], underside couching<ref>{{Cite web |title=Technique - Opus Anglicanum |url=http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_opus_anglicanum.html |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=medieval.webcon.net.au}}</ref> |Linen or velvet cloth, [[Metallic fiber|metallic thread]], silk thread |[[File:Opus_Anglicanum_(Chasuble)_MET_cl1982.432.R.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_opus_teutonicum.html Opus teutonicum] |[[Holy Roman Empire]] |[[Buttonhole stitch]], [[chain stitch]], goblien stitch, pulled work, [[satin stitch]], [[Backstitch|stem stitch]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Technique - Opus Teutonicum |url=http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_opus_teutonicum.html |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=medieval.webcon.net.au}}</ref> |White linen cloth and thread<ref name=":0" /> |[[File:Kloster Lüne Textilmuseum 2.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_or_nue.html Or nué] |[[Western Europe]] |[[Couching]] |Fabric, [[Metallic fiber|metallic thread]], silk thread |[[File:Clevelandart_1953.129.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Orphrey]] | | | |[[File:Four_fragments_of_Orphrey_Bands_Made_into_a_Panel_MET_DP-14399-001.jpg|frameless|250x250px]] |- |[[Needlepoint]] |[[Ancient Egypt]] |[[Cross stitches|Cross stitch]], [[tent stitch]], brick stitch |Linen or cotton canvas, wool or silk floss or yarn |[[File:Motifs_pour_Broderies_-_1re_série_-_Planche_21_(cropped).jpg|frameless|254x254px]] |- |[[Phool Patti ka Kaam]] |[[Uttar Pradesh]], India | | | |- |[[Phulkari]] |[[Punjab]] |[[Darning|Darning stitches]] |Hand-spun cotton cloth, silk floss |[[File:Patiala Phulkari.jpg|200x200px]] |- |[[Piteado]] |[[Central America]] | |Ixtle or pita thread, leather |[[File:Corona_Piteada_2016.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Quillwork]] |[[North America]] | |Beads, cloth, feathers, feather quills, leather, porcupine quills |[[File:Huron_Moccasin.png|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Rasht embroidery]] |[[Rasht]], [[Gilan province|Gilan Province]], Iran |[[Chain stitch]] |[[Felt]], silk thread |[[File:Iran,_Rasht,_19th_century_-_Prayer_Rug_-_1916.1297_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Redwork]] |[[United States]] |[[Backstitch]], outline stitch |Red thread, white cloth | |- |Richelieu |Purportedly from 16th century [[Italy]], revival in 19th century [[England]] and [[France]] |[[Buttonhole stitch]] |White thread, white cloth |[[File:Cutwork_embroidery_depicting_a_flock_of_birds_on_pillowcase_made_of_post-war_coarse_fabric.jpg|frameless|222x222px]] |- |[[Rushnyk]] |[[Slavs]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=K |first=Roman |date=2012-08-07 |title=FolkCostume&Embroidery: Rushnyk embroidery of southern East Podillia |url=https://folkcostume.blogspot.com/2012/08/rushnyk-embroidery-of-southern-east.html |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=FolkCostume&Embroidery}}</ref> |[[Cross-stitch|Cross stitch]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=K |first=Roman |date=2014-07-01 |title=FolkCostume&Embroidery: Ukrainian Rose Embroidery |url=https://folkcostume.blogspot.com/2014/07/ukrainian-rose-embroidery.html |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=FolkCostume&Embroidery}}</ref> [[Holbein stitch]], [[satin stitch]]<ref name=":1" /> |Linen or hemp cloth, thread |[[File:Ukrainian_Embroidery_offered_at_Soyuzivka.jpg|frameless|226x226px]] |- |[[Sashiko]] |[[Japan]] |[[Straight stitch|Running stitch]] |Indigo-dyed cloth, white or red cotton thread |[[File:MET_RT792C.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Sermeh embroidery]] |[[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid Persia]] | |[[Termeh]] cloth, velvet, cotton fabrics, various threads | |- |[[Sewed muslin]] |[[Scotland]] | |Muslin, thread |[[File:Dress,_women's_(AM_1995.8.14-10).jpg|frameless|275x275px]] |- |[[Sichuan embroidery|Shu Xiu]] |[[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]], China | |Satin, silk thread | |- |[[Smocking]] |[[England]] |Cable stitch, honeycomb stitches, [[knotted stitch]]es, [[Backstitch|outline stitch]], stem stitch, trellis stitch, wave stitch |Any fabric supple enough to be gathered, cotton or silk thread |[[File:Smock,_child's_(AM_1995.8.1-5).jpg|frameless|200x200px]] |- |[[Stumpwork]] |[[England]] | | |[[File:Mirror_MET_DP158572.jpg|frameless|196x196px]] |- |[[Suzhou embroidery|Su Xiu]] |[[Suzhou, Jiangsu|Suzhou]], [[Jiangsu]], China | |Silk cloth and thread |[[File:Shuzhou.manufaktura.jedwabny.haft.artystyczny.JPG|frameless|243x243px]] |- |[[Suzani (textile)|Suzani]] |[[Central Asia]] |[[Buttonhole stitch]]es, [[chain stitch]]es, [[couching]], [[satin stitch]]es |Cotton fabric, silk thread |[[File:Jiva,_Itchan_Kala_12.jpg|frameless|229x229px]] |- |[[Tatreez]] |[[Palestine (region)|Palestine]],<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Los Angeles Times | date=October 25, 2017 | page=E3 | last=Ollman | first=Leah | title=Quiet power of embroidery hits eloquently | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-tatreez-palestinia/123734331/}}</ref> [[Syria]] |[[Cross stitches|Cross stitch]] |Cotton fabric, silk thread |[[File:Embroidery from Beersheba Dress (Palestinian Thobe) (2).jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Tenango embroidery]] |[[Tenango de Doria]], [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]], Mexico | | |[[File:ElviraClementeGomez030.jpg|frameless|275x275px]] |- |[[Velours du Kasaï]] |[[Kasaï Province|Kasai]], [[Republic of the Congo|the Congo]] | | |[[File:Velour_du_kasaï.jpg|frameless|176x176px]] |- |[[Vietnamese embroidery]] |[[Vietnam]] | | |[[File:Tranh thêu Đà Lạt.jpg|frameless|200x200px]] |- |[[Xiang embroidery|Xiang Xiu]] |[[Hunan]], China | |Silk cloth, black, white, and grey silk thread | |- |[[Cantonese embroidery|Yue Xiu]] |[[Guangdong]], China | |Silk cloth and thread | |- |[[Zardozi]] |[[Iran]] and [[India]] | |Cloth, [[Metallic fiber|metallic thread]] |[[File:Wedding_outfit_from_Delhi,_India,_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art,_2016-43-01_a-c.JPG|frameless|150x150px]] |- |[[Zmijanje embroidery]] |[[:sr:Змијање|Zmijanje]], Bosnia and Herzegovina | |Blue thread, white cloth<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNESCO - Zmijanje embroidery |url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/zmijanje-embroidery-00990 |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=ich.unesco.org |language=en}}</ref> |[[File:Zmijanje_embroidery_in_BL_store_2.jpg|frameless|267x267px]] |}
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