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Craft Techniques of Cyprus

The Depository documents 2 techniques in Cyprus; by risk level: 2 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.

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Embroidery & Lace

  • Cypriot Lefkaritika — UNESCO Drawn Thread EmbroideryEmbroidery & Lace · Vulnerable

    The Cypriot lefkaritika tradition of the village of Lefkara — the production of the distinctive Cypriot drawn thread embroidery and lace whose characteristic geometric white-on-white or colored vocabulary has been produced in the Troodos…

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Metalwork & Jewelry

  • Lefkara Silverwork — Cypriot Filigree SilversmithingMetalwork & Jewelry · Vulnerable

    The making of silver filigree jewelry and objects in the village of Lefkara (Pano and Kato Lefkara), southern Cyprus — a craft tradition documented as developing in explicit parallel to the village's already-archived Lefkaritika…

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