Embroidering is one of the most widespread and common for various corners of our planet traditional crafts. People have been using embroidery to decorate their clothes for millennia and on every continent. Of course, there are some similar or identical embroidery techniques and patterns, but others are unique and represent a certain country, region, or even community. Sometimes, you can easily tell where a costume came from by its needlework designs alone. So, let’s look at different embroidery samples from various countries around the world. How much do they look alike?
Uzbekistan
Festive male robe from Uzbekistan with beautiful gold embroidery
Uzbek skull-caps with colorful needlework
Uzbek headdress embellished with intricate gold embroidery
Another skull-cap with silver embroidery and sequins
Palestine
Palestinian traditional embroidery called “tatreez”
Bright-red embroidery on Palestinian folk dress
Delicate needlework on woman’s dress
Tajikistan
Tajik folk embroidery on female dress
Montenegro
Gold needlework on ornate male attire
Delicate needlework on women’s clothing
Mexico
Stunning silver embroidery on Mexican sombrero
Interesting needlework pattern on Mexican women’s outfit
The United Arab Emirates
Lovely silver embroidery on Emirati clothing. This technique is called “talli”
Another variation of talli embroidery
Two different techniques of Emirati needlework on women’s dresses
Ukraine
Ukrainian traditional embroidery with woolen and gold threads on women’s coif
Striking embroidery design on a sleeve of female shirt. It is created using several different needlework techniques
Ukrainian traditional whitework on male shirt
Colorful stitching on women’s shirts. The pattern is made of lots and lots (hundreds or even thousands) repetitive tiny symbols
Traditional Crimean Tatar embroidery
Vintage Crimean Tatar shoe with gold embroidery
Tunisia
Charming gold embroidery on vest
Another variant of traditional floral needlework on vintage garment
Gold embroidery on female dress
Afghanistan
Traditional bridal dress from Afghanistan adorned with multicolored embroidery designs in several different techniques and tiny mirrors
Afghan richly gold embroidered dress
Skillful Afghan needlework in red&black&white
