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The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a border of a kerchief that derives from Russia and dates to the eighteenth century. It is made of green cotton decorated with motifs that are outlined in gilt thread and worked in satin stitch. There are embroidered floral motifs in red, pink, silver and green, and alternate panels of applied gilt embroidery, decorated with embroidered floral sprays.

A kustar is a Russian home or cottage worker, a peasant engaged in cottage industry. The kustar produced a wide range of products, including embroidery, and the popularity of kustar products can be regarded in the light of the arts and crafts revival of the nineteenth century.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a towel end that originates from Russia and dates to the nineteenth or early twentieth century. It measures 33 x 40 cm and is made of linen with bobbin lace in linen, silk and metal thread.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a valance (bed hanging) that dates back to the early eighteenth century. It is made of cream linen and is decorated with silk thread embroidery. The valance measures 103 x 41 cm. The embroidery is worked with pulled thread work and cross stitch.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a woman's marriage coat from Siberia, which is made of sewn salmon skins. It was acquired by the museum in 1905, and information was added that it was a Gilyak coat from the lower Amur river region, near Vladivostok, from a tribe that was "dying out".

The Glascow Museums Resource Centre houses a sampler (acc. no. 1980.158) that was made by Margaret Sheddon and was completed in 1812. It was worked following the characteristic Scottish tradition of alternating designs in green and red silk on the ground material. The sampler measures 43.1 x 33.5 cm.

The Liaoning Provincial Museum (Chinese: trad. 遼寧省博物館, simp. 辽宁省博物馆, Liáoníngshěng Bówùguǎn) is located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. It focuses on history and art. It was established under another name in 1949, and received its present appellation in 1959. It moved into its present new premises in 2003.

See Yue embroidery.

See Shu embroidery.

See Xiang embroidery.