There are three main features: buttonhole eyelets; shapes such as leaves worked in slanting buttonhole stitch, and, thirdly, what are called dovetailed buttonholes, by which two rows of buttonhole stitches are worked facing each other with the long ends of the stitches interlocking.
This type of embroidery was used to decorate clothing and soft furnishings, such as cushions and towels.
Source: ANON (1908). Wallachian Embroidery, Boston (Mass): The Pruscilla Publishing Co.
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