Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. It is most often used on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, stockings, and golf shirts. It is a striking fact that in the development of embroidery there are no changes of materials or techniques which can be felt or interpreted as advances from a primitive to a later, more refined stage. On the other hand, we find a technical accomplishment and high standard of craftsmanship in early works are rarely attained in later times.
刺繡（embroidery）是用針和線或紗線（yarn）在織物或其他材料上進行裝飾的手工藝。刺繡最常用在無檐帽、有檐帽、外套、毛毯、禮服襯衫、長筒襪、高爾夫球衫上。令人感到吃驚的是：在刺繡的發(fā)展過程中，從起初到后來更精美的階段，讓人感覺不到也說不出來有什么材質(zhì)或技術的變化。另一方面，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)后來很少能達到早期作品中的技術成就和高水準的工藝。
