(a) The embroidery with elaborately cut-out edges in vogue towards the close of the 14th cent. (b) A kind of openwork embroidery or lace worn in the…

A type of embroidery produced in or typical of Alexandria. Obsolete.

a kind of embroidery in which certain parts (e.g. those representing leaves of trees) are left free to move.

a vertical stitch used for groundings, creating the effect of shades of different colours arranged in zigzag rows.

= opus anglicanum, n.

The fine pictorial embroidery produced in England in the Middle Ages, esp. between 1100 and 1350, and used particularly for ecclesiastical vestments.

A type of hand embroidery created using cutwork and shadow work, typically with a pattern of flowers. Also: the action or practice of creating such…

(see quot. 1882).

(see quot.).

Hardanger embroidery; (also) Hardanger fabric.

A style of embroidery, originating in 13th-century Italy, in which the design is left plain (although often outlined), and the background is filled…

(See quots.)