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CROSS-STITCH [3 records]

Record 1 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
DEF

[An] embroidery [technique] in which x-shaped stitches are embroidered onto a grid-like woven fabric, resulting in uniform stitches that come together to form a larger pattern or image.

CONT

Most cross-stitching is done using colored cotton floss on woven fabrics, which essentially have built-in grid systems to guide each stitch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
DEF

Technique de broderie qui consiste à former un motif au moyen d'une successions de petites croix obliques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
DEF

A stitch ... made by carrying one yarn over another to form a [diagonal] cross.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
DEF

Point de broderie [...] formé de deux points obliques, posés en travers l'un de l'autre et qui se croisent en leur milieu, s'inscrivant dans un carré imaginaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

cross-stitch: an item in the "Art" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

point de croix : objet de la classe «Œuvre artistique» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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