embroidery
/ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/ noun B2- The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
- The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
- A piece of embroidered fabric.
- The elaboration of an account, etc. with details, especially when fictitious.
Plural embroideries
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But the walls were made of screens of marble tracery--beautiful milk-white fretwork, set with agates and cornelians and jasper and lapis lazuli, and as the moon came up behind the hill it shone through the open work, casting shadows on the ground like black velvet embroidery.
“My love,” said the marquise, “attend to your doves, your lap-dogs, and embroidery, but do not meddle with what you do not understand.
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