Summary

A woman sewing a drawn-thread tablecloth. It had taken six years to make.
Drawn threadwork is an embroidery style where threads of a piece of cloth, either the warp (vertical) or weft (horizontal), are drawn out and cut off. The remaining threads are then sewn in or knotted to reinforce the piece as well as further highlight the decorative detail. It is most often seen as a border on clothing and household linen such as tablecloths and table runners.

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A woman working with a drawn-thread tablecloth.

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