Assisi embroidery

English

Etymology

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

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.

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