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But the exhibition, which spans more than 400 years of English embroidery, is not only a celebration of clever stitches.

Chinese embroidery boasts a long history of several thousand years. Xiang Xiu, or Hunan embroidery, is one of the four major styles.

English Embroidery upon an American Theme. Nov. 2, 1896 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from November 2, 1896, Page 3 Buy Reprints View on timesmachine ...

Woven with hair from horsetails, mawei embroidery, or horsetail embroidery, is a centuries-old embroidery inherited among the Shui nationality in Southwest China's Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan ...

If you thought hand-made embroidery was boring, the Instagram account of Julia Aleshicheva, 81, will change your mind. The Russian babushka, who describes herself as a “dementia fighter,” is ...