Ricamo a Punto Assisi / Ricamo Umbro-Marchigiano
A family of counted-thread embroidery traditions from central Italy — primarily Assisi work (in which the background is filled and the motif left unworked) and the broader Umbrian and Marche embroidery traditions using cross-stitch, drawn thread work, and cutwork — worked on linen fabric with silk or cotton thread, with patterns derived from medieval herbals, bestiaries, and Renaissance ornament.
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Corsetry and lingerie built by draping fabric directly on the body to study how it moves and holds, rather than starting from a flat pattern, then structured and decorated with a cluster of hand and specialist-machine techniques.
The historically all-female Venetian trade of stringing loose Murano glass beads (conterie) into saleable strands, using 24-30 long needles worked simultaneously from a bead-filled tray held in the lap — a distinct craft from the lampwork…
Hand-forged decorative ironwork made in the Ampezzo valley for alpine residences, hotels, shops and museums: gates, railings, stair balustrades, window grilles, doors, fireplace hoods, lamps, locks, hardware and furniture.
A tradition of tin-glazed earthenware from the volcanic landscape north of Rome — Viterbo, Civita Castellana, and the Monti Cimini area — producing maiolica that reflects the region's Etruscan, Roman, and Renaissance ceramic heritage,…
Fine filigree in pure silver and sometimes gold, made in Cortina d'Ampezzo from the 18th century and at its finest in the 1890s.
A family of embroidery traditions from Abruzzo — including the distinctive black embroidery (ricamo nero) of Pescocostanzo worked in black silk on white linen creating geometric and figurative designs, and the polychrome costume embroidery…
PARTIAL RECORD BY DESIGN. This record documents only the publicly exhibited, gallery-shown dimension of a craft tradition rooted in the material culture of Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion of Yoruba origin centered in Salvador, Bahia.
The Weißstickerei (white embroidery) tradition of Appenzell Innerrhoden — the fine white-on-white embroidery worked on white linen with white thread, producing extraordinarily detailed floral and figurative patterns visible only through…
Tankha metal thread embroidery is Nepal's tradition of producing Buddhist ceremonial textiles using gold and silver metal thread couched onto silk backgrounds — producing altar coverings, ceremonial bags, and the decorative textile borders…
Kyō-Nui (京繍 — Kyoto embroidery) is the court embroidery tradition of Kyoto — producing the embroidered elements of Noh costume, Buddhist vestments, and formal kimono accessories in silk and gold thread on silk ground cloth.
A needle-lace embroidery technique built by sewing lacê — a manufactured cord or narrow braid — in specific stitches along a pre-planned paper design, worked over tracing and kraft-paper supports in silk or white cotton thread.
This is the Dusun Lotud community's named tradition of linangkit embroidery, decorating the gonob (skirt) and kuluwu (scarf) sections of traditional Dusun Lotud dress using a knotting technique that alternates thread colors to build the…