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Assisi embroidery

Assisi embroidery noun: a form of counted-thread embroidery based on an ancient Italian tradition where the background is filled with embroidery stitches and the main motifs are left unstitched.

Noun

Assisi embroidery (countable and uncountable, plural Assisi embroideries)

  1. A form of counted-thread embroidery based on an ancient Italian tradition where the background is filled with embroidery stitches and the main motifs are left unstitched.

Forms of Assisi embroidery

pluralAssisi embroideries

Origin of Assisi embroidery

Named after the Italian town of Assisi, where the modern form of the craft originated.

Questions about Assisi embroidery

What does Assisi embroidery mean?
Assisi embroidery means a form of counted-thread embroidery based on an ancient Italian tradition where the background is filled with embroidery stitches and the main motifs are left unstitched.
What part of speech is Assisi embroidery?
Assisi embroidery is a noun.
What is the plural of Assisi embroidery?
The plural of Assisi embroidery is Assisi embroideries.

Words near Assisi embroidery in the dictionary

  1. assish
  2. assishly
  3. assishness
  4. Assisi
  5. Assisi embroideries
  6. Assisi embroidery
  7. assist
  8. assist.
  9. assistable
  10. assistance
  11. assistance animal

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