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The Textile Research Centre (TRC), Leiden, houses a beautifully embroidered woman's waistcoat that derives from Hungary and dates to the late twentieth century. It measures 47 x 44 cm. It comes from the region of Matyo, and the decoration is characteristic for the area. The waistcoat is made of (factory made) black felt, decorated with rayon thread.

The Textile Research Centre (TRC) in Leiden has a black Coptic monk's hood, called a qalansuwa (TRC 2001.0248). It measures 53 by 23.5 cm and is made of synthetic material and embroidered with brown ombré cotton thread. The embroidery is worked in cross stitch and herringbone stitch.

See torchon lace.

The Textile Research Centre, Leiden, houses a remarkable darning sampler which dates to 1781 and originates from Zeeland, in the southwest of The Netherlands. It is worked in silk thread on a linen ground. It has M R V D B OUD 13 JAAR 1781 (MRVDB aged 13 years 1781) embroidered on it using cross stitch.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses a linen strip of embroidered lace that dates to the late sixteenth century and derives from Italy. The scalopped edge is made of punto in aria needle lace. The strip is 60 cm long.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses a remarkable lace collar. It dates to about the second quarter of the seventeenth century. It was sewn in The Netherlands, but the lace itself was probably made in Italy. The collar consists of a linen main piece offset with a large panel of lace. The lace attached to the linen main piece is worked in reticella with square shaped motifs. The scalloped edge is worked in punto in aria.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses a ribbon (originally in orange; in Holland called an Oranjelint), on which are embroidered the letters: VIVAT P.W.V. ORANJE ('Long live Prince Willem of Orange'). The sash is made of silk and measures 33.5 x 5 cm.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses the ship's flag of the Dutch navy steamer 'Medusa', presented to the ship's crew by King Willem III in 1865 in recognition for their role in forcing the Straits of Shimonoseki during the international punitive expedition against the Prince of Nagato (Japan).

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses an ivory-coloured piece of cloth made of cotton, powdered with embroidered sprigs of rose-red flowers on a green stem, worked in silk. The cloth originates from India and dates to the late eighteenth century and measures 114 x 137 cm. It may have been part of a dress, or intended to be so, for a woman in early nineteenth century Europe.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses a remarkable shoulder sash with the embroidered text: "Representant". It was worn by Jan Couperus (1755-1833), the 'representative' from the Dutch town of Gouda at the national convention (Nationale Vergadering) in The Hague, which was elected in 1796 by all men in The Netherlands who did not live on social welfare. All 126 representatives wore a sash.