Embroidery around the world. Samples of traditional embroidery on folk clothing of different countries

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