See also entries on: Bohemian pearl work, the pearl dress of Lupita Nyong'o, seventeenth century Dutch pearl embroidered gloves; Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Pearl Embroidery
Hat decorated with pearl embroidery. India, mid-19th century.
Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 0348(IS).
Pearl embroidery is a form of decorative needlework that uses applied, natural or cultivated pearls of various sizes. The pearls are normally pierced. It was a popular technique in the European medieval and renaissance periods for the embellishment of elite and religious garments.
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