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2. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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   Tulip and willow design for printed textiles (1873) William Morris (1834-1898), a founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, sought to restore the prestige and methods of hand-made crafts, including textiles, in opposition to the 19th century tendency toward factory-produced textiles. With this goal in mind, he created his own workshop ...

3. Broderie anglaise - Wikipedia

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   In some cases, the holes were punched out with an embroidery stiletto before finishing the edge; in other cases, the fabric was embroidered first, and the hole was cut afterwards, with scissors. Beginning in the 1870s, the designs and techniques of broderie anglaise could be copied by the Swiss hand-embroidery and schiffli embroidery machines ...

4. Phulkari - Wikipedia

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   Some make the distinction that phulkari only refers to sparingly-embroidered flowers, whereas a large, intricately embroidered flower pattern is known as a bagh. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] That is to say, in other varieties of phulkari, the base cloth is still visible, whereas in a bagh, the embroidery covers the entire garment so that the base cloth is not ...

5. 50 Times People Embroidered Such Creative Things They Just ...

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   Embroidery is a fascinating pastime that has roots deep in human history. The art form, which has been around for tens of thousands of years, continues to wow and inspire people to this very day.

6. Berlin wool work - Wikipedia

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   Berlin wool work is a style of embroidery similar to today's needlepoint that was particularly popular in Europe and America from 1804 to 1875. [1]: 66 It is typically executed with wool yarn on canvas, [2] worked in a single stitch such as cross stitch or tent stitch, although Beeton's book of Needlework (1870) describes 15 different stitches for use in Berlin work.

7. Textile design - Wikipedia

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   Embroidery is traditionally performed by hand, applying myriad stitches of thread to construct designs and patterns on the textile surface. Similar to printed textile design, embroidery affords the designer artistic and aesthetic control. Typical stitches include but are not limited to the cross stitch, the chain stitch, and couching.