Detail of embroidered silk gauze ritual garment. Rows of even, round chain stitch used for outline and color. 4th century BC, Zhou tomb at Mashan, Hubei, China.
Extremely fine underlay of St. Gallen Embroidery
Traditional Turkish embroidery. Izmir Ethnography Museum, Turkey.
Traditional Croatian embroidery.
Brightly coloured Korean embroidery.
Uzbekistan embroidery on a traditional women's parandja robe.
Traditional Peruvian embroidered floral motifs.
Woman wearing a traditional embroidered Kalash headdress, Pakistan.
Decorative embroidery on a tefillin bag in Jerusalem, Israel.
Bookmark of black fabric with multicolored Bedouin embroidery and tassel of embroidery floss
Chain-stitch embroidery from England circa 1775
Traditional Bulgarian Floral embrodery from Sofia and Trun.