Illustrated is a blue, silk evening jacket decorated with signs of the zodiac and other 'heavenly' symbols. The jacket was created by the Italian fashion designer, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) and embroidered by the French couture embroidery atelier, Maison Lesage. The jacket dates from 1937.
Illustrated is an embroidered evening dress designed by Don Antonio Canovas del Castillo de Rey, also known as Antonio del Castillo (1908–1984), for the couture house of Lanvin, Paris (France). The dress was made in 1957. The evening dress is made from cream silk zibeline (a heavy silk cloth with a twill weave). It is full length with a fitted bodice and shoulder straps. The tulip-shaped skirt is slightly gathered.
Jean Démosthène Dugourc (1749-1825) was a French designer, who worked for various royal and noble families in the late eighteenth century. His clients included the French nobility and the royal houses of Europe. In 1780 he was named as designer to the Comte de Provence (the future Louis XVIII) and helped to redecorate the Château de Brunoy (just southeast of Paris).
The simple loop stitch is a variation on a running stitch, but instead of the thread being pulled tight so that it lies flat on the surface of the cloth, a small loop is made.
The Roumanian joining stitch is a variation on the Roumanian stitch, in which the stitch is used to join two pieces of cloth. The stitches can be worked close together or with a little distance. The nature of the stitch means that the join is ‘hinged’ and is flexible. It may be used, for example, to join together a bodice and a sleeve, or for sewing two pieces of fine cloth together to use as a head and body covering.
The threaded reverse arrowhead stitch is a variation on a reverse arrowhead stitch.
The interlaced herringbone stitch is a variation of a herringbone stitch, whereby a row of herringbone stitches is worked and then interlaced with a second yarn, usually in a contrasting colour. The interlacing yarn does not pass through the ground material.
The padded blanket stitch (or padded buttonhole stitch) is a composite stitch made up of a series of randomly placed filling stitches, which are then covered with either buttonhole stitches or blanket stitches. If the buttonhole stitches are placed close together this may be called a padded buttonhole stitch. If they are widely spaced then it may be known as a padded blanket stitch.
The triple chain stitch is a variation on a detached chain stitch, in which the centrally placed chain stitch is held in place by two smaller chain stitches worked on either side of the apex of the main stitch. This type of stitch is associated with free-style embroidery, especially from the Arabian Peninsula.
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The detached double fly stitch is a variation on a double fly stitch, in which the stitches are worked detached from one another. GVE
The detached long armed cross stitch is a variation of the detached cross stitch, in which one arm of the cross is extended.