Embroiderer, Embroidery

The art of making decorative designs on clothing. This was an art practiced both in the home and as a profession. Embroidery was done on a loom or with a needle. The tabernacle and temple had delicate, embroidered fabrics (Exodus 26:1, 31). The clothing of priests were beautifully embroidered (Exodus 28:6, 8; 39:2). Embroidery was practiced in:

• Canaan (Judges 5:30)

• Egypt (Ezekiel 27:7)

• Syria (Ezekiel 27:16)

• Babylonia (Joshua 7:21)

• Assyria

• Persia (Esther 1:6)

See also Cloth and Cloth Manufacturing.