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"purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise embroidery, describe its stitched decoration and material condition, and judge appropriate handling, use or intervention.", "definition": "Embroidery is decorative needlework in which stitches of thread or yarn are worked into or through a supporting material, usually fabric, sometimes incorporating beads, sequins or other embellishments.", "scope_statement": "This model owns embroidery as physical decorative needlework, including its support, stitched structure, applied embellishments and relationship to a host object; it records production practices only where they explain the resulting work.", "in_scope": [ "Decorative needlework on a support, whether freestanding or incorporated into another object", "Threads, supporting grounds, backing materials and attached embellishments", "Stitch structure, placement, coverage, relief and visible workmanship", "Motifs, inscriptions, composition and evidenced cultural attribution", "Condition, alterations and constraints on handling, display or repair" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Embroidery as an occupation, teaching discipline or production activity", "Needles, hoops and embroidery machines as tools", "Unexecuted embroidery patterns and machine stitch files as information objects", "The complete garment, furnishing or other host object beyond its relationship to the embroidery", "Decoration formed solely by printing, dyeing, weaving or knitting", "Standalone lace or appliqué whose classification does not depend on decorative needlework" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Look for decorative stitches added to or worked through a support; distinguish them from the support's woven or knitted structure.", "Trace thread paths, penetrations and reverse-side evidence where accessible to distinguish actual needlework from printed stitch effects.", "Determine whether stitches create decoration, secure decorative elements or serve only a construction seam; structural sewing alone does not establish embroidery.", "Where fabric pieces dominate the decoration, identify the contribution of decorative stitching before classifying the work as embroidery, appliqué or a combination.", "Identify the physical stitched work separately from its design image, chart or machine instruction file." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Embroidery relationship to host", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "standalone work; integral decoration; attached patch or panel; detached fragment; uncertain", "why_it_matters": "Establishes the object's boundary and whether it can be handled independently." }, { "name": "Ground construction and material", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "record observed support construction and identified material; unknown permitted", "why_it_matters": "The ground constrains stitch placement, support needs and interpretation of damage." }, { "name": "Working and attachment materials", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "record thread, yarn, ribbon, metallic element, bead, sequin or other component; distinguish confirmed from suspected composition", "why_it_matters": "Different components can require different handling and treatment." }, { "name": "Stitch structure", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "identified stitch families and local names, with observation basis and confidence", "why_it_matters": "Describes how the decoration is physically formed without relying solely on stylistic labels." }, { "name": "Production mode", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "hand; machine; mixed; undetermined", "why_it_matters": "Supports interpretation of construction and repair compatibility." }, { "name": "Decorated extent", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "width and height in mm; coverage in percent where measurable; specify measured region", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes the embroidery's extent from the dimensions of its host." }, { "name": "Surface relief", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "height above the ground in mm where safely measurable", "why_it_matters": "Identifies raised elements vulnerable to compression or snagging." }, { "name": "Motif and inscription content", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "observed motif descriptions and literal transcriptions, separated from interpretations", "why_it_matters": "Allows design recognition while preserving uncertainty about meaning." }, { "name": "Component condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "intact; loose; broken; missing; distorted; discoloured; other observed condition, located by component", "why_it_matters": "Makes local vulnerabilities actionable rather than assigning a single condition to the whole work." }, { "name": "Attribution evidence", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "links to maker, date, place, tradition or prior owner, each with evidence and confidence", "why_it_matters": "Separates documented history from visual resemblance or unsupported attribution." } ], "affordances": [ "Inspect and document stitch paths, materials and front-to-back construction without unnecessary disturbance.", "Map motifs, inscriptions, stitch techniques and areas of loss.", "Compare observed construction with candidate embroidery classifications.", "Assess whether the work can be worn, handled, mounted or displayed given its host and vulnerable components.", "Identify repairs or cleaning proposals that require material identification or specialist review.", "Link the embroidery to its host object, design source and evidenced production history." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe embroidery techniques, regional traditions and materials with sources.", "Catalogue and condition-report pieces in a collection with the keeper's permission." ], "must_not": [ "Copy a living maker's or community's design and sell it without permission or credit.", "Wash, iron or repair an old or fragile piece without a conservator's guidance.", "Present machine work as hand embroidery, or a reproduction as an original.", "Describe a community's traditional pattern as generic or ownerless." ], "requires_human": [ "Conservation treatment or alteration of a historic piece.", "Commercial reproduction of a community's traditional design." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Traditional patterns carry community identity and are widely copied without credit.", "Embroidery work is often underpaid handwork done by women." ], "affected_parties": [ "Makers and embroiderers", "Source communities", "Collectors and museums" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The owner of each piece; the community or designer holds the tradition or design.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "Stitches worked through a ground fabric, with thread paths visible on the reverse.", "Hand work shows small irregularities that machine work does not." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Light, damp and washing fade and weaken old threads and fabric.", "Cultural designs are appropriated and mass produced without benefit to their communities." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Embroidery decorates clothing, household textiles, ceremonial objects and artworks with stitched patterns or images.", "It is encountered in textile production, craft practice, museum collections and conservation work where stitch construction and material condition guide handling." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "The Harmonized System issued by the World Customs Organization classifies embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs under heading 5810.", "ISO 3758, issued by the International Organization for Standardization, specifies care labelling symbols applicable to embroidered textile articles within its scope." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "oewn", "title": "Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-03287844-n", "url": "https://en-word.net/id/oewn-03287844-n", "what_it_supports": "sense and gloss of the concept", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" }, { "id": "wiktionary-en", "title": "Wiktionary: embroidery", "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embroidery", "what_it_supports": "word senses and usage", "url_status": "live", "checked_by": "http 200" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "needlework-identity", "name": "Needlework identity", "description": "Establishes what physical work is being modelled and why it qualifies as embroidery.", "rationale": "Embroidery is easily conflated with its host textile, decorative design or neighbouring textile techniques.", "layers": [ { "id": "decorative-stitch-evidence", "name": "Decorative stitch evidence", "description": "Examines whether decoration is physically produced or attached by needlework.", "findings": [ { "id": "basis-for-embroidery-identification", "name": "Basis for embroidery identification", "description": "Record visible evidence of decorative stitching and the limits of inspection.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed thread paths or attachment stitches establish decorative needlework?", "kind": "definition", "id": "basis-for-embroidery-identification-q01" }, { "text": "What distinguishes this decoration from woven patterning, printed stitch effects or construction sewing?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "basis-for-embroidery-identification-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "host-and-object-boundary", "name": "Host and object boundary", "description": "Locates the embroidery within or apart from a larger object.", "findings": [ { "id": "embroidered-unit", "name": "Embroidered unit", "description": "Identify the decorated region, its physical attachments and whether it forms an independent piece.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the embroidery integral to a host, an attached panel, a standalone work or a detached fragment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "embroidered-unit-q01" }, { "text": "Where does the decorated region end, and what are its dimensions independently of the host?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "embroidered-unit-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "ground-and-decoration-materials", "name": "Ground and decoration materials", "description": "Describes the support and the materials that form or carry the stitched decoration.", "rationale": "Embroidery combines components whose construction and compatibility determine both appearance and vulnerability.", "layers": [ { "id": "ground-backing-and-padding", "name": "Ground, backing and padding", "description": "Distinguishes the working support from additional supporting or relief-producing layers.", "findings": [ { "id": "support-layer-assembly", "name": "Support layer assembly", "description": "Record the ground and any backing, stabiliser or padding, including inaccessible layers.", "questions": [ { "text": "What support receives the stitches, and how was its material and construction identified?", "kind": "definition", "id": "support-layer-assembly-q01" }, { "text": "Which backing or padding layers are observed, and which are inferred from relief or exposed edges?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "support-layer-assembly-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "threads-and-attached-elements", "name": "Threads and attached elements", "description": "Identifies visible decorative materials and the means of securing them.", "findings": [ { "id": "decorative-component-inventory", "name": "Decorative component inventory", "description": "Distinguish working threads from laid elements and separately attached embellishments.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which materials form stitches, and which are laid on the surface or attached with separate stitches?", "kind": "definition", "id": "decorative-component-inventory-q01" }, { "text": "What records, examination or analysis support each material identification?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "decorative-component-inventory-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "stitch-construction", "name": "Stitch construction", "description": "Records how thread paths, placement and execution produce the embroidered surface.", "rationale": "Technique names alone do not explain the physical construction or permit reliable comparison and repair planning.", "layers": [ { "id": "stitch-path-and-placement", "name": "Stitch path and placement", "description": "Describes stitch formation and its relationship to the ground.", "findings": [ { "id": "observed-stitch-system", "name": "Observed stitch system", "description": "Record stitch structures, placement logic and the evidence behind proposed technique labels.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which stitch structures can be traced, and what front or reverse evidence supports their identification?", "kind": "definition", "id": "observed-stitch-system-q01" }, { "text": "Does placement follow counted ground elements, a drawn outline, free placement or a combination?", "kind": "definition", "id": "observed-stitch-system-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "execution-and-surface-build", "name": "Execution and surface build", "description": "Examines production evidence, stitch spacing and raised construction.", "findings": [ { "id": "execution-evidence", "name": "Execution evidence", "description": "Describe execution without treating regularity alone as proof of machine manufacture or quality.", "questions": [ { "text": "What construction evidence or production record supports hand, machine or mixed execution?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "execution-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "How do stitch spacing, ground coverage and surface relief vary across identified regions?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "execution-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "design-and-attribution", "name": "Design and attribution", "description": "Separates observable composition from claims about meaning, origin and authorship.", "rationale": "Embroidery can carry inscriptions and culturally specific motifs, but resemblance alone cannot establish their meaning or origin.", "layers": [ { "id": "motifs-and-inscriptions", "name": "Motifs and inscriptions", "description": "Records the arrangement and legibility of the stitched design.", "findings": [ { "id": "observable-design-content", "name": "Observable design content", "description": "Describe motifs, repeats, orientation and text before assigning symbolic interpretations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which motifs, borders, repeats and inscriptions are directly visible, including incomplete or illegible portions?", "kind": "definition", "id": "observable-design-content-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence supports any proposed symbolic meaning or intended reading orientation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "observable-design-content-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "making-history-and-reuse", "name": "Making history and reuse", "description": "Connects the work to documented makers, contexts and later transformations.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-attribution-and-sequence", "name": "Supported attribution and sequence", "description": "Track attribution separately from evidence that the embroidery was altered or transferred.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which records or physical evidence support the proposed maker, date, place or named tradition?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-attribution-and-sequence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence indicates that the embroidery was added later, cut down, transferred or reused on its current host?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-attribution-and-sequence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-intervention", "name": "Condition and intervention", "description": "Relates component-level condition to safe use, support and proposed treatment.", "rationale": "Secure-looking embroidery may contain loose attachment threads, fragile grounds or raised elements that limit what may be done with it.", "layers": [ { "id": "stitch-and-ground-condition", "name": "Stitch and ground condition", "description": "Locates deterioration and distinguishes it from intentional construction.", "findings": [ { "id": "local-damage-and-instability", "name": "Local damage and instability", "description": "Map loose, broken or missing elements and their relationship to support damage and distortion.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are stitches, attachment threads, embellishments or ground elements loose, broken or missing?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "local-damage-and-instability-q01" }, { "text": "Which openings, exposed grounds or irregularities are intentional, and which have evidence of damage or alteration?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "local-damage-and-instability-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "handling-display-and-repair", "name": "Handling, display and repair", "description": "Tests proposed actions against the work's construction, condition and intended use.", "findings": [ { "id": "action-specific-constraints", "name": "Action-specific constraints", "description": "Record the support and evidence required before manipulating, cleaning or repairing the embroidery.", "questions": [ { "text": "What support and clearance are needed to prevent strain, snagging or compression during the proposed handling or display?", "kind": "action", "id": "action-specific-constraints-q01" }, { "text": "Before cleaning or restitching, what remains unknown about material response, colour stability and the significance of existing stitches?", "kind": "action", "id": "action-specific-constraints-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "The term can denote both the activity and its result; under PHY.OBJ, the intended referent is the resulting decorative needlework.", "The listed kinds overlap: machine embroidery describes a production method, while other categories describe techniques or materials.", "Regional examples are illustrative rather than exclusive origins; no universal identifier, standard or typical measurement range is asserted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of embroidery this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Surface embroidery", "Counted-thread embroidery", "Drawn-thread work", "Cutwork embroidery", "Goldwork", "Machine embroidery" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of embroidery this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Decorating clothing and fashion accessories", "Embellishing household and furnishing textiles", "Producing insignia, badges and monograms", "Making ceremonial and religious textiles", "Creating pictorial textiles and textile artworks" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of embroidery this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Uneven tension or insufficient support can cause puckering and distortion.", "Abrasion, snagging and repeated handling can break stitches or detach embellishments.", "Incompatible cleaning methods can cause dye bleeding or differential shrinkage between the embroidery and its ground fabric.", "Light exposure can fade dyes and weaken textile fibres.", "Needles present puncture hazards during production and repair." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of embroidery this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Japanese sashiko is associated with patterned running stitches used for reinforcement as well as decoration.", "South Asian traditions include chikankari whitework and zardozi metal-thread embroidery.", "European traditions include counted-thread samplers, whitework and ecclesiastical goldwork." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of embroidery this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Sewing", "difference": "Sewing broadly joins, constructs or repairs materials with stitches; embroidery uses stitches principally to embellish a supporting material." }, { "name": "Weaving", "difference": "Weaving forms fabric by interlacing yarn systems; embroidery adds stitched decoration to an existing ground." }, { "name": "Tapestry", "difference": "A woven tapestry forms its image during weaving; an embroidered image is stitched onto a ground, even when informally called tapestry." }, { "name": "Appliqué", "difference": "Appliqué decorates a ground by attaching pieces of material; embroidery creates decoration through stitches, although both can occur in the same work." }, { "name": "Lace", "difference": "Lace is an openwork textile structure; embroidery generally decorates a supporting ground, with overlap in cutwork and needle-made openwork." }, { "name": "Cross-stitch", "difference": "Cross-stitch is a stitch and embroidery technique characterized by crossed stitches; embroidery includes many other stitch structures." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of embroidery this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "How should this registry delimit embroidery from needlepoint, needle lace, decorative quilting and stitched appliqué when a work combines their structures?", "Which stitch terminology sources should anchor cross-language mappings while preserving distinct local technique names?", "What evidence is sufficient to distinguish hand, machine and mixed production when the reverse is inaccessible?", "How should condition assessments distinguish intentional openwork or unfinished work from later loss when production history is absent?", "Which material-specific references are needed to establish handling, display and treatment constraints for mixed embroidery components?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 16, "questions": 26 } }