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Embroidery

A Study of Motifs Analysis of Embroidery Arts in Southwestern Nigeria (Published)

Motifs incorporation of textiles embroidery in Nigeria is dynamic with continual paradigm shifts. But despite its ephemeral nature and the lack of organized museum and gallery preservation for the forms of embroidery motifs, there has not been scholarly attentions to the arts of motifs embroidery. The study therefore, researched motifs embroidery of South-West Nigeria with the aim of producing a generic analysis of motifs embroidery.  Research populations is selected from South-West Nigeria. Males and females’ embroidery artists were interrogated. The study revealed that eleven forms of embroidery motifs applied to textile either with machine or handmade with distinct interpretations.

Keywords: Embroidery, Motif, South-west, handmade, textile

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