enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Irish linen - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_linen

   Irish linen (Irish: Línéadach Éireannach [1]) is the name given to linen produced in Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). Linen is cloth woven from, or yarn spun from, flax fibre , which was grown in Ireland for many years before advanced agricultural methods and more suitable climate led to the ...

3. Madapollam - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madapollam

   Madapollam's linen weave pattern.. Madapollam / ˌ m æ d ə ˈ p ɒ l ə m / is a soft cotton fabric manufactured from fine yarns with a dense pick laid out in linen weave.Madapollam is used as an embroidery and handkerchief fabric and as a base for fabric printing.

4. Cutwork - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutwork

   Cutwork was usually done on white fabric, but around Sieradz, a pink and white striped cloth was sometimes used. Eyelet patterns were geometrical until the late 1800s. With the introduction of machine embroidery, designs became more diverse. [8]: 125–132 Fragment of Cutwork Lace, Italy, late 17th century (Cleveland Museum of Art).

5. Embroidery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidery

   Counted-thread embroidery patterns are created by making stitches over a predetermined number of threads in the foundation fabric. Counted-thread embroidery is more easily worked on an even-weave foundation fabric such as embroidery canvas, aida cloth, or specially woven cotton and linen fabrics.

6. Marghab Linens - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marghab_Linens

   Since 1850, when Madeiran natives were introduced to hand embroidery as a means of industry, the islands had been renowned for their needlework. [2] The Marghabs took advantage of this reputation, producing textiles that were skilfully hand-embroidered on the highest quality Irish linen and a form of organdy called Margandie, [ 2 ] made in ...

7. Thomas Ferguson & Co Ltd - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ferguson_&_Co_Ltd

   Thomas Ferguson Irish Linen is the last remaining of the old established Irish linen Jacquard weavers in Ireland. Situated in Banbridge , Northern Ireland it has been weaving since 1854. The Company, bears the name of its founder, Thomas Ferguson (1820–1900), who was born at Clare, near the village of Waringstown in County Down .