Also means
embroidered work
Usage Note
Stickerei is the craft of decorating fabric with needle and thread. Medieval altar cloths and vestments were richly embroidered; today it spans folk art to haute-couture fashion.
Examples
"Die feine Stickerei auf dem Messgewand zeigt Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen."
Natural Translation
The fine embroidery on the chasuble depicts scenes from the lives of the saints.
Literal Translation
The fine embroidery on the chasuble shows scenes from the life of the saints.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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