embroidery

art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn
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embroidery

Summary

embroidery is an artistic technique[1]. embroidery has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • embroidery's instance of is recorded as artistic technique[3].
  • embroidery's instance of is recorded as hobby[4].
  • embroidery is a type of needlework[5].
  • embroidery is a type of handicraft[6].
  • embroidery's Commons category is recorded as Embroidery[7].
  • embroidery comprises hair embroidery[8].
  • embroidery comprises whitework[9].
  • embroidery comprises coloured embroidery[10].
  • embroidery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Embroidery[11].
  • embroidery's product or material produced is recorded as embroidery[12].
  • embroidery's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • embroidery's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • embroidery's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • embroidery's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[16].
  • embroidery's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • embroidery's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18].
  • embroidery's different from is recorded as embroidery[19].
  • embroidery's different from is recorded as Ulmus laevis[20].
  • embroidery's uses is recorded as embroidery workshop[21].
  • embroidery's uses is recorded as embroidery thread[22].
  • embroidery's uses is recorded as sewing needle[23].
  • embroidery's uses is recorded as embroidery pattern[24].
  • embroidery's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مطرزة'}[25].
  • embroidery's practiced by is recorded as embroiderer[26].
  • embroidery's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Craft[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include artistic technique[3] and hobby[4]. Recorded subclass of include needlework[5] and handicraft[6].

Use and Application

Components include hair embroidery[8], whitework[9], and coloured embroidery[10].

Why It Matters

embroidery has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] embroidery is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag embroidery
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: embroidery, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289926313|embroidery (#289926313)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 22d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0002740-vysivani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0002740-vysivani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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