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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. 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 are grouped or bundled together into a variety of patterns. The more elaborate styles of drawn thread work use a variety of other stitches and techniques, but the drawn thread parts are their most distinctive element. It is also grouped with whitework embroidery because it was traditionally done in white thread on white fabric and is often combined with other whitework techniques. Wikipedia →
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A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens · 1800
EmbroideryGrace Christie · 1909
Pulled threadMoyra McNeill · 1971
Treaty Occupationay ToxicologySuelen Queiroz · 2010
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
Drawn fabric embroideryEdna Wark · 1979
Drawn thread workThérèse de Dillmont · 1900- 📕Russian drawn thread work · 1991
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