spine. The binding is created for the individual book. Embroidered bindings were produced by professional as well as amateur embroiderers or needleworkers...

Wooden-board binding Limp vellum binding Calf binding ("leather-bound") Paper case binding In-board cloth binding Cased cloth binding Embroidered binding Bradel...

England, some books, usually bibles or other religious texts, had embroidered bindings. The Bodleian Library in Oxford contains one presented to Queen Elizabeth...

embroidered bookbinding which probably dates to the early 14th century. It is the oldest surviving book from England to have an embroidered binding....

Foot binding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú), or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the...

Indias) by Francisco Álvares. Lisbon, 1540 Embroidered Binding. Possibly an Italian 18th-century binding of white silk Damask. The Book of Common Prayer...

matriculation in 1605. The ornate chemise binding made of crimson velvet is decorated with pearls and embroidered with gold and silver thread. It features...

Isabella of France." The Queen Mary Psalter is noted for its ornate, embroidered binding, executed on crimson velvet under Mary I; "on each side is a large...

services. Regardless of content, the outer boards of dos-à-dos bindings were usually embroidered, or covered with leather and then finished with gold. One...

Marakesh, 1256 Binding from the Felbrigge Psalter, the oldest surviving embroidered binding from England. 14th century Treasure binding from the Guest-Coutts...

A treasure binding or jewelled bookbinding is a luxurious book cover using metalwork in gold or silver, jewels, or ivory, perhaps in addition to more...

commonly used for outlining designs. There are two methods of creating an embroidered overcast stitch. In one method, a line is stitched to create padding...

accepted the king's proposal. Damocles sat on the king's throne amid embroidered rugs, fragrant perfumes, and the service of beautiful attendants. But...

different styles and colors, and were typically ornately decorated, with embroidered designs of animals or flowers that could continue on the sole of the...

" Elizabeth probably also embroidered the bookbinding. This book is now owned by the Bodleian Library. A second embroidered manuscript book, entitled...

Anthropodermic bibliopegy is the practice of binding books in human skin. As of April 2022[update], The Anthropodermic Book Project has examined 31 out...

by hooking wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric, or embroidered. Carpet is commonly made in widths of 12 or 15 feet (3.7 or 4.6 m) in...

sub-cinctorium—a strip of embroidered fabric similar to a maniple which was suspended from the cincture. It was embroidered with a cross and the Agnus...

their direct trade routes with Constantinople, were buried in samite embroidered with silver-wound threads in the tenth century. Silk weaving itself was...

митрополита Фотия; also known as the Major Sakkos) is a satin tunic embroidered with gold and silver thread and decorated with silk and pearl ornament...

in the 18th century could be elaborately decorated and were sometimes embroidered with names, dates, mottoes, or humorous phrases. Prior to the invention...

was embroidered, those of the priests were plain. Priestly sash (Hebrew avnet, sash): that of the high priest was of fine linen with "embroidered work"...

folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment, before binding with string or rubber bands, followed by the application of dye or dyes...

Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Firescreen Panel embroidered by Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Cotton embroidered with silk ca. 1788 The Metropolitan Museum...

left hip. Fasciare is the Latin word for to bind or wrap. This meaning of binding together shows a significance of the fascia keeping the cassock tight to...

bewimfen, meaning "to cover up" or "conceal") is a long, linen sash used as a binding for the Sefer Torah by Jews of Germanic origin. It is made from the cloth...

Kingdom similarly wore yellow dragon robes, with the number of dragons embroidered as symbols of their rank and station. The highest ranking King of Heaven...

artistic director of the fashion house Givenchy. The bride's veil was embroidered with flowers representing the countries of the Commonwealth; the California...

Glasgow. Best known for her painting and embroidering she also worked in a range of mediums such as leather, book binding and also painted china. Brown studied...

is characterized by the neckline and embroidered patterns on the edges of the cuff. The dress is also embroidered with rich pattern motifs which tend to...