Passementerie of applied gold cord and embroidery worn by Henry VIII of England (detail of a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1540)

Passementerie or passementarie is the art of making elaborate trimmings or edgings (in French, passements) of applied braid, gold or silver cord, embroidery, colored silk, or beads for clothing or furnishings. Silver groat of Henry VIII, minted c. ... A 1543 portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger by Lucas Horenbout Holbeins 1533 painting The Ambassadors Hans Holbein the Younger (c. ... Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament. ... A braid Step by step creation of a basic braid using three strings To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... 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... Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. ... Look up bead in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Men and women wearing suits, an example of one of the many modern forms of clothing (from the 1937 Chicago Woolen Mills catalog) Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings for the hands (gloves), feet (socks, shoes, sandals, boots... Furnishings (aka art objects, decorative arts, knick-knacks, bric-a-brac) are the objects, other than furniture, that occupy an interior space. ...

Passementerie worked in white linen thread is the origin of bobbin lace, ^[1] and passement is an early French word for lace.^[2] Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... Valenciennes Mechlin Lace Bobbin lace is a delicate lace that uses wound spools of thread (the bobbins) to weave together the shapes in the lace. ... Lace appliqué and bow at the bust-line of a nightgown. ...

Modern passementerie includes the gold braid on military dress uniforms, the elaborate trims on used on some lampshades and draperies, and for decorating couture clothing and wedding gowns. See military uniform and full dress for coverage of non-U.S./non-UK dress uniforms. ... Two lamps with lampshades. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Couture is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Couture, in the Charente département Couture-dArgenson, in the Deux-Sèvres département Couture-sur-Loir, in the Loir-et-Cher département See also La Couture Haute couture CharlElie Couture, a French... A wedding dress seen at Thornbury Castle, England A wedding dress or wedding gown is clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony. ...

Fringe and tassels are categorized as forms of passementerie. A fringe is an ornamental appendage to the border of an item, such as a flag. ... For other uses, see hilt and maize. ...

Passementerie of cording and braid, embellished with beads, French, 1908.

External links

• Passementarie page at "The Tailor's Art," Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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Notes

1. ^ Montupet, Janine, and Ghislaine Schoeller: Lace: The Elegant Web, ISBN 0-8109-3553-8
2. ^ S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.

References

• Caulfield, S.F.A. and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
• Montupet, Janine, and Ghislaine Schoeller: Lace: The Elegant Web, ISBN 0-8109-3553-8.
• Picken, Mary Brooks, The Fashion Dictionary, Funk and Wagnalls, 1957. (1973 edition ISBN 0-308-10052-2, 1999 Dover republication ISBN 0-486-40294-0)