woolwork

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• woolwork — n. needlework made of wool …   English contemporary dictionary

• woolwork — noun needlework executed in wool on a canvas foundation …   English new terms dictionary

• woolwork — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : needlework (as embroidery on canvas or knitting) made with wool * * * woolˈwork noun Needlework done in wool, usu in canvas, imitative of tapestry • • • Main Entry: ↑wool …   Useful english dictionary

• Berlin woolwork — ▪ art       19th century amateur embroidery developed in Germany and based upon hand painted charts from which cross stitch patterns could be worked in a very soft embroidery wool, spun at Gotha and dyed in Berlin, where the charts were printed… …   Universalium

• embroidery — /em broy deuh ree, dree/, n., pl. embroideries. 1. the art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc., with a needle. 2. embroidered work or… …   Universalium

• Allia Potestas — was a freedwoman from the Roman town of Perugia who lived sometime during the 1st 4th century CE.Horsfall, N: CIL VI 37965 = CLE 1988 (Epitaph of Allia Potestas): A Commentary , ZPE 61: 1985] She is known only through her epitaph, found on a… …   Wikipedia