Cutwork or cut work is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile are cut away and the resulting "hole" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace. Madame de Pompadour in an elaborately embroidered gown with matching petticoat, 1760s A petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing for women; specifically an undergarment to be worn under a skirt, dress or sari. ... Needlework is another term for the handicraft of decorative sewing and textile arts. ... Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan. ... Gold Embroidery Cross-stitch embroidery, Hungary, mid-20th century Phulkari from Punjab region, India 15th century embroidered cope, Ghent, Belgium Elizabethan embroidery styles include blackwork on linen and dense patterns worked in colored silk and metallic threads on velvet or other rich fabrics Embroidery is the art or handicraft of... Needle Lace borders from the Erzgebirge mountains Germany in 1884, displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. ...
Cutwork is a related to drawn thread work. In drawn thread work, typically only the warp or weft threads are withdrawn (cut and removed), and the remaining threads in the resulting hole are bound in various ways. In other types of cutwork, both warp and weft threads may be drawn. Drawn thread work is a form of counted-thread embroidery based on removing threads from the warp and/or the weft of a piece of evenweave fabric. ... // [edit] Game Developer WARP is a now-defunct video game developer. ... WEFT Champaign 90. ...
Needlework styles that incorporate cutwork include Broderie Anglaise, Carrickmacross lace, whitework, and early reticella. Broderie Anglaise is a whitework incorporating features of cutwork and needle lace introduced in England in the 19th century. ... Carrickmacross lace is created from an applique of fine muslin cutwork on a machine net ground. ... Whitework embroidery refers to any embroidery technique in which the stitching is the same color as the foundation fabric (traditionally white linen). ... Reticella is a needle lace dating from the 15th century. ...
References
Virginia Churchill Bath, Needlework in America, Viking Press, 1979 ISBN 0-670-50575-7
S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
The Spanish cutwork is distinguished by it's hemmed satin stitch edges and the Venetian cutwork is characterised by its thick buttonhole stitches.
We also have the Moorish Cutwork with colorful filings of silk and gold with gold embroidered cords forming loops and the Hedebo category which are essentially Danish cutwork with satin stitches which include fillings of wheels, triangles and ladders.
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