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, 1950 Color scanned image of an embroidery sampler. Donor\u27s mother embroidered this when she was a child (about 8 years old). Donor always found her mother\u27s embroidery fascinating as a child.
Garcia, Maria Eugenia Vera
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History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the poll tax (Ottoman Turkish cizye; Arabic jizya) levied on non‐Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire, not as a fixed, one‐dimensional tax item within the Ottoman fiscal system but as a multi‐layered administrative instrument organized around obligation, exemption and remission.
ÖZLEM BAŞARIR
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
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Influence of embroidery threads on the accuracy of embroidery pattern dimensions / [PDF]
, 2012 In the production of garments, embroidery carries out decorative, informative, data transfer and other functions. The features of textiles, stitch density, filling type, area and other factors have a direct influence on embroidery quality.
Jucienė, Milda, +1 more
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Drawing, two women working waistcoat fronts in a professional embroidery workshop in the mid-18th century, from Denis Diderot's 'Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire universal des arts et des ...
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Carney's Davos Address and the (Contested) Re‐Imagining of Middle Powers
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT By privileging the intervention of Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, in his January 2026 Davos address, the work aims to re‐engage with the debate around middle powers extending from academic scrutiny to instrumental practice. On core themes, Carney's address provides exceptional focal points pertaining to the role of this category of ...
Andrew F. Cooper
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Luminescent Wearables for Low-Light Visibility of Children
TextilesThis study explores the development of luminescent wearables using machine embroidery with phosphorescent threads to enhance the visibility and safety of children in low-light environments, addressing the need for improved child protection in urban ...
Daniela Sofronova, Radostina A. Angelova
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American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The displacement of items of cultural heritage from Indigenous communities is continually perpetuated through their appropriation into collection systems that are inappropriate to Indigenous laws and customs. This paper presents the efforts of the Tłı̨chǫ Government (TG) to address such issues by creating a system that is rooted within its ...
Rebecca L. Bourgeois, Karen Gelderman
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Práticas Organizativas e Memórias: um Estudo Sobre uma Organização Artesanal na Cidade de Goiás-GO
Teoria e Prática em Administração, 2016 The aim of this article is to discuss of the relationships between organizational practices and memories in the practice of embroidery in the city of Goiás, Goiás.
Oliveira, Josiane Silva de +2 more
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