The Hildesheim cope was made in Germany in the early fourteenth century. It has a canvas ground material made of linen, which is completely covered with needlework decoration. It measures 298 x 146 cm. The cope is particularly famous for the saints that are shown in gruesome detail with their particular method of martyrdom. The cope may derive from the St Simon and St Judas church, Goslar, Lower Saxony.
A gognots is the name for an apron worn by (Western) Armenian women. It used to be an indispensable part of their outfit, and was decorated with needlework or woven forms of ornamentation, and often worn together with a card-woven or metal band or a narrow, knitted belt, generally with an embroidered text (for instance "for good health").
'Embroidery' is the title of a short story by the American author, Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), in which three women are sitting on a verandah,working their embroidery. The tension is rising when the time is moving on towards five o'clock in the afternoon.
Kathleen Laurel Sage is a British designer and embroiderer who is particularly known for her metal thread work and the use of soldering irons, heat tools and organza to create her work, which includes a wide range of forms, including three-dimensional creations. She also wrote Embroidered Soldered and Heat Zapped Surfaces.
Kaffe Fassett was born as Frank Fassett in San Fransisco, in 1937. Since long living in the UK, he became a famous author, and artist best known for the very colourful designs that he used for various forms of the decorative arts, including embroidery, knitting and patchwork, but also ceramics and painting. For a long time, he worked together with the fashion designer Bill Gibb (d. 1988).
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK, houses a late nineteenth century kalaga from Myanmar (Burma). It measures 293.5 x 124.5 cm and has a ground material made of wool. It has an appliqué decoration made of cotton, wool, and felt, embroidered, and further decorated with braids and sequins, and with some painting.
Kalaga (ကန့်လန့်ကာ; 'curtain') is the local name for a traditional type of decorated wall hanging from Myanmar (Burma), and in particular from Mandalay and its environs.
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The production of Irish lace was promoted at the end of the nineteenth century by the Donegal Industrial Fund. This fund was established in 1883 by Alice and Ernest Hart, who wanted to help the destitute of Donegal by offering local women training in weaving, lace making and embroidery.
'Beyond Peacocks and Paisleys: Handcrafted Textiles of India and its Neighbors,' was the title of an exhibition at the Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, between 9 June - 25 September 2011.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses a long length of embroidered wall covering. Its ground material is made of green silk, and the decoration includes applied flower stems, which are embroidered with silk, silver and gold thread. The embroidered decoration includes two applied coats of arms of prelates, made of silk and velvet. Both of them are covered with a red hat (for a cardinal) and tassels.
Lagartera embroidery, or Lagartera work, is an ancient hand embroidery tradition that originates from the Spanish town of Lagartera, near Toledo. It is known from at least the sixteenth century, and is often described as reflecting Moorish influences.