Bargello (bargello) - one of the most beautiful and easiest embroideries with rows in the form of a zigzag and their specific location depending on the color shades. Bargello can be recognized by a characteristic pattern resembling flames (torch embroidery), patterns in this case can be both smoother or acute-angled.

It is believed that this technique came from Hungary, not from Italy. At the same time, it can be met as under the name “Florentine embroidery",

Embroidery white on white has become widespread in many countries. In the second half of the XIX century, this expanse was famous in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland. In the language of folk symbolism in many countries the color in clothing, as well as in embroidery, plays a major role. For example, white in It has long been associated with Russia with the idea of ​​light, of heaven. Perception white color combined with the meaning of happiness, abundance, purity, innocence and beauty.

White surface in Russia

The smooth surface

Мстёрская гладь зародилась в посёлке Мстёра Владимирской губернии в середине XIX века.

Hand embroidery is a folk craft, with the help of which our ancestors decorated their life. Times have changed, professional embroidery machines have come, and embroidery in the interior of modern houses, apartments and in workrooms and workshops has not lost its relevance. Hand and machine embroidery go together in a modern, rapidly developing world.
If in ancient times embroidery was used mainly as a talisman, then in our modern world its meaning is mainly decorative. She makes the room "home", creating comfort and "special only your environment."