ANCIENT EGYPTIAN tomb paintings show that clothes ,couch covers, hangings and tents were so decorated . quilting was known to the ancient persians and , at the tie of battle of marathon (490 Bce), quilted garments were worn as armour ; greek vase paintings show these quilted suits  covered with embroidery . greeks depicted on vases from the 7th and 6th centuries BCE and later are dressed in embroidered garmets .

NORTHER EUROPEAN embroidery was, until the renaissance, mostly ecclesiastical. an extant cape embroidered with eagles, presented to metz cathedral by charlemagne , well represents carolingians embroidery. The 10th century stole of st.cuthbert, embroidered in gold thread .

In the above paras we have seen about the role of embroidery in olden days . In the current world embroidery playing a vital role in new fashion garments of men and women . it open the new market in current world. most of the womens are get benifited out of this art , it helps them to earn for their livelihood.  BRIDES are paying more interest in wearing heavy work embroidery dresses in their wedding .

It is the handy work and it also need lots of patient and time which makes the work unique. 10 traditional embroideries of india :1. chikan 2.zari 3. Aari 4. Banjara 5.Gota 6. kantha 7.Phulkari 8. Shisha 9. Toda 10.kashmiri .

names of hand embroidery techniques around the world 1. open work, 2. counted thread work , 3. outline work . 

 embroidery is art of decorating textiles with needle and thread . among the basic techniques .  embroidery may also incoprate other materials such as pearl, beads , quills and sequins. embroidery seen on caps , hats, coats , overlays , blankets, dress shirts , dennim, stockings, scarfs , and golf shirts. embroidery is available in a wide variety of thread or yarn colur . some of the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest embroidery are chain  stich , button hole or blanket stitch. those stitches remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today. hand embroidery remains the most difficult embroidery, as it require a lot of application and can be very time consuming .but although tedious , it offer a lot of precious and freedom when the technique is well mastered . in addition , hand embroidery includes many techniques. 

the first embroidery machine was created on 1769 and it helps the embroideror to save time and give beautiful designs . this embroidery meachine keeps on evolving according to evolvution of modern technology . 

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