The 56 Artworks of media Embroidery

Black velvet shoe or slipper, square toe embroidered with pink and red ribbon work flowers with green stems and leaves; white and black fur trim (possibly ermine); white fur lining; flat brown leather sole

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In the mid-20th century, the everyday attire of the Jewish women of Herat differed from that of Muslim women only in their street wear. When they left the house, Jewish women wrapped themselves with a black chader and hid their faces behind a white netted and embroidered veil, while Muslim women cov...

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The kimono is the traditional Japanese garment for both males and females. The original form of today’s kimono, “kosode”, or short-sleeve, dates to the thirteenth to fourteenth century AD. The forms of kimono have greatly changed throughout its long history. During the Edo period (AD 1603-1867), the...

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For ages women in the Bengali region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal in India) made Kantha - embroidered quilts made of layers of old saree or old cloth. The tradition and skill has been handed down from mothers to daughters to make sitting mats and rugs with bright embroideries for religiou...

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El trabajo de la artista chilena Juana Gómez se centra en las prácticas de la fotografía, el dibujo y la costura, a través de las cuales explora la interconectividad entre fenómenos visibles e invisibles. Cada parte de su proceso artístico requiere diferentes habilidades e implica una relación disti...

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HAM Kyung-ah (1966- ) makes use of a range of mediums including video, installation, photography, sculpture, and traditional Korean art forms. Ham’s keen eyes locate the crevices of double-sided and contradictory social values, systems, ethics, and actions of law that exist in the mind of a single i...

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HAM Kyung-ah (1966- ) makes use of a range of mediums including video, installation, photography, sculpture, and traditional Korean art forms. Ham’s keen eyes locate the crevices of double-sided and contradictory social values, systems, ethics, and actions of law that exist in the mind of a single i...

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HAM Kyung-ah (1966- ) makes use of a range of mediums including video, installation, photography, sculpture, and traditional Korean art forms. Ham’s keen eyes locate the crevices of double-sided and contradictory social values, systems, ethics, and actions of law that exist in the mind of a single i...

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