The British Museum in London houses an embroidered woman's blouse from Russia, which dates to the period 1895-1910. It measures 84 x 170 cm. Made of cotton, the blouse is decorated with simple embroidery worked with red silk threads, using cross stitch.

The Textile Research Centre in Leiden has a cotton woman's blouse (locally called a pirahan) from Iran, which is decorated with metal thread hand embroidery. It dates to the first half of the twentieth century.