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Bugle beads are thin, tube shaped beads that are longer than they are thick. Bugle beads are normally made out of cut lengths of glass cane. Bugle beads normally range from 4 to 30 mm in length. The bead holes are normally either round or square in shape. The square holes are usually slightly larger and serve as internal facets.

Nettle bast fibre is obtained from the stem of several different species of nettle plants of the family of the Urticaceae. There are many different types of nettle, especially those of the genus Urtica, that can be used for making a thread. Urtica dioica and Urtica urena, for example, were used in Europe for making ‘nettle cloth'. Ramie, another bast fibre, is also of the Urticaceae family, but from the genus Boehmeria.

Hemp is a coarse, strong bast fibre obtained from the stem of plants of the family of the Cannabaceae, especially of the genus Cannabis, and in particular one of its species, Cannabis sativa. One of the traditional uses of Cannabis sativa is for making a thread to make hemp cloth.

Tom Mor is a West Country (England) artist and cartoonist active from the late twentieth century. He designed several commemorative embroideries, such as the New World tapestry, the Plymouth tapestry and the Bristol Berkeley Plantation tapestry.

The Lennox point tresse is a small example of point tresse (hair lace) said to be made by Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (1515-1578) from her own hair. She was the mother of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.

‘Wheels of cloth’ are long, narrow strips of handwoven cloth used to make Tuareg men and women’s clothing in Saharan Africa.

Belgravian embroidery is a late nineteenth century English term to describe a braid decorated with bugle beads.

See quadrille paper.

See quadrille paper.

See quadrille paper.