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The techniques and artifacts created by Korean embroidery have a long history, but most certainly evidences from the Joseon Dynasty after the 1300s in Korea. This article talks about the history, styles, preservation, artists, and examples of screens, costumes, and domestic wares of this exacting and beautiful art form. People used needles made out of bones of fish or animals to sew and weave animal skins and the bark or leaves of trees. Chasu was a method of cultivating beauty in every corner of daily life. Pokshik chasu, kiyong chasu, kamsang chasu and Buddhist chasu are the four types of Chasu. Pokshik chasu is the embroidery on clothes. Kiyong chasu is the embroidery decorated on various materials used in the king’s palace. Kamsang chasu represented a type of artistic piece. Buddhist chasu came from Buddhism. Buddhist chasu was used in the statues of Buddha or various temples. Chasu has begun from the prehistoric era when the humans first started to make clothes.

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Embroidery
Styles:Assisi Bargello Berlin work Blackwork Broderie Anglaise Broderie perse Candlewicking Canvas work Counted-thread Crewel Cross-stitch Cutwork Darning Drawn thread work Free embroidery Goldwork Hardanger Machine Needlepoint Petit point Quillwork Smocking Stumpwork Surface Suzani Trianglepoint Whitework
Stitches:Backstitch Blanket Brick Buttonhole Chain stitch Couching and laid work Cross stitches Embroidery stitch Featherstitch Holbein Parisian Running Satin stitch Sashiko Straight stitch Tent stitch
Tools and materials:Aida cloth Embroidery thread Evenweave Floss Quillwork Perforated paper Plastic canvas Sampler Yarn
Regional and historical:Art needlework Bunka shishu Brazilian Chikan Indian Jacobean Kantha Korean Mountmellick Persian Opus Anglicanum Suzhou Vietnamese Zardozi
Embroideries:Bayeux Tapestry Bradford carpet Hastings Embroidery New World Tapestry Overlord embroidery Quaker Tapestry
Designers:Leon Conrad Ann Macbeth Kaffe Fassett Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum May Morris Charles Germain de Saint Aubin Teresa Wentzler Erica Wilson
Organizations:Embroiderers' Guild (UK) Embroidery Software Protection Coalition Royal School of Needlework
Related:Applique Crochet Knitting Lace Needlework Quilting
Capital Seoul, Pyongyang

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Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins.
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Joseon (July 1392 - August 1910) (also Chosŏn, Choson, Chosun), was a sovereign state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye in what is modern day Korea, and lasted for approximately five centuries as one of the world's longest running monarchies.
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Capital Seoul, Pyongyang

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Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins.
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Assisi embroidery is a form of counted-thread embroidery based on an ancient Italian tradition where the background is filled with embroidery stitches and the main motifs are left void i.e. unstitched.
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Bargello is a type of needlepoint embroidery which consists of upright flat stitches. The name originates from a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence which had a flame stitch pattern.

Traditionally it was executed in wool on canvas.
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Berlin wool work is a style of embroidery. It is a subtype of canvas work. Typically it is executed with tapestry wool on canvas, in petit point stitch only. It was traditionally executed in many colours and hues, producing intricate three-dimensional looks by careful shading.
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Blackwork Embroidery is a form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric. Any black thread can be used, but firmly twisted threads give a better look than embroidery floss.
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Broderie Anglaise (French, "English Embroidery") is a whitework needlework technique incorporating features of embroidery, cutwork and needle lace that arose in England in the 19th century.
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Broderie Perse is a method of applying a fabric, originally the colorful Chintz type fabrics of Europe, onto a background by hand sewing. This was done in order to randomly decorate it or establish a pictorial scene upon the background.
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Candlewicking is a form of whitework embroidery that traditionally uses an unbleached cotton thread on a piece of unbleached muslin. It gets its name from the nature of the soft spun cotton thread, which was braided then used to form the wick for candles.
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Canvas work is a type of embroidery in which yarn is stitched through a canvas or other foundation fabric. Canvas work is a form of counted-thread embroidery. Common types of canvas work include needlepoint, petit point, and bargello.
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Counted-thread embroidery is any embroidery in which the fabric threads are counted by the embroiderer before inserting the needle into the fabric. Evenweave fabric is usually used; it produces a symmetrical image as both warp and weft fabric threads are evenly spaced.
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Crewel embroidery, or Crewelwork, is a decorative form of surface embroidery using wool and a variety of different embroidery stitches to follow a design outline applied to the fabric. The technique is at least a thousand years old.
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Cross-stitch is a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture. Other stitches are also commonly used in cross-stitch, among them ¼, ½, and ¾ stitches and backstitches.
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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.

Cutwork is a related to drawn thread work.
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Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting with needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine.
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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 even-weave fabric. The remaining threads are grouped or bundled together into a variety of patterns.
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Free embroidery is the term for any embroidery which is not regulated by the weave of the canvas, i.e. the opposite of counted-thread embroidery. It is a form of surface embroidery.
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Goldwork is the art of embroidery using metal threads. It is particularly prized for the way light plays on it. The term "goldwork" is used even when the threads are imitation gold, silver, or copper.
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Hardanger embroidery or "Hardangersom" is a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave cloth, using counted thread and Drawn thread work techniques. It is sometimes called Whitework embroidery.
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Machine embroidery is a term that can be used to describe two different actions. The first is using a sewing machine to "manually" create (either freehand or with built-in stitches) a design on a piece of fabric or other similar item.
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Needlepoint is a form of canvas work embroidery, in which yarn is stitched through a canvas ground fabric. Unlike surface embroidery, needlepoint uses the canvas, or ground fabric, to create a new fabric.
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Petit point, also known as Tent stitch, is a small embroidery stitch that is worked diagonally across the intersection of one horizontal and one vertical thread on needlework canvas.
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