embroidery
art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn
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Summary
embroidery is an artistic technique[1]. embroidery draws 3,959 Wikipedia views per month (artistic technique category, ranking #8 of 75).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: hobby[3]
- Subclass of: needlework[4], handicraft[5]
- Commons category: Embroidery[6]
- Has part(s): hair embroidery[7], whitework[8], coloured embroidery[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Embroidery[10]
- Product or material produced: embroidery[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Otto's encyclopedia[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[17]
- Different from: embroidery[18], Ulmus laevis[19]
- Uses: embroidery workshop[20], embroidery thread[21], sewing needle[22], embroidery pattern[23]
- Female form of label: مطرزة[24]
- Practiced by: embroiderer[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Craft[26]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Textile Arts[27], WikiProject Craft[28]
- Social media followers: 770,896[29]
Why It Matters
embroidery has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] embroidery is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]