In later banners the monogram was sometimes embroidered on the cloth.
The young Princess Bolkonskaya had brought some work in a gold- embroidered velvet bag.
She stared at the embroidered tablecloth, tormented by the scent of food she couldn't eat and the visions of death and betrayal that left an acrid taste in her mouth.
The material is always of kashida, a kind of embroidered cloth.
For similar reasons it has preserved many old customs and costumes, those of the women being very elaborate and picturesque, while the herdsmen have retained their festival attire of red waistcoats, embroidered braces and canary-coloured shorts.
