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  2. Embroidery thread - Wikipedia

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    Matte embroidery cotton (or its French name, coton à broder) is a matte-finish (not glossy) twisted 5-ply thread. Medici or broder medici is a fine, light-weight wool thread formerly manufactured by DMC Group. Metallic embroidery threads are threads with metallic elements; these may be synthetic or real metal. Metallic threads range from a ...

  3. Thread (yarn) - Wikipedia

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    An assortment of different colors of thread Red thread bobbin Multi-colored stranded embroidery floss. A thread is a long strand of material, often composed of several filaments or fibres, used for joining, creating or decorating textiles. Ancient Egyptians were known for creating thread using plant fibers, wool and hair. [1]

  4. DMC (company) - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, the plan to sell the embroidery thread activity was challenged by the filing of a complaint for fraud in the December 2008 judgment. [11] In June 2016, the British investment fund BlueGem Capital Partners [12] announced its intention to buy 100% of the capital of DMC. The repurchase was made in September 2016. [13]

  5. Xiang embroidery - Wikipedia

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    In Xiang Embroidery, there is a special type of thread—in one thread dyed one color with different shades of that color, by which the sfumato effect can be presented after the embroidering finished. In addition, Xiang Embroidery is also renowned for its careful thread splitting technique, [4] making the thread as thin as hair. And people call ...

  6. Drawn thread work - Wikipedia

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    Drawn thread work is one of the earliest forms of open work embroidery, and has been worked throughout Europe. Originally it was often used for ecclesiastical items and to ornament shrouds. [1] It is a form of counted-thread embroidery based on removing threads from the warp and/or the weft of a piece of even-weave fabric. The remaining threads ...

  7. Schiffli embroidery machine - Wikipedia

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    A schiffli spool on the other hand, could hold more than 500 yards of embroidery thread. The schiffli machine is only limited by the length of thread that can fit on the bobbin. Like the hand embroidery machine, early schiffli machines used a manually operated pantograph to trace a pattern and translate the location of each stitch. Later, a ...

  8. Bunka shishu - Wikipedia

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    Bunka shishu (文化刺繍), in English often shortened to bunka, is a form of Japanese embroidery originating in the early 19th century [1] that became more widespread around the turn of the 20th century, [2] before then being introduced to the US after World War II. [1]

  9. Couching - Wikipedia

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    Couching is also characteristic of Japanese metal-thread embroidery and Central Asian suzani work. Another example of Islamic embroidery is the strong tradition of couching stitch in Palestine . Production centered on Bethlehem and its two neighbouring villages Beit Sahour and Beit Jalla ; it was used for wedding dresses and formal wear.

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