cutwork
noun
cut·work
ˈkət-ˌwərk 
: embroidery usually on linen in which a design is outlined in buttonhole stitch and the enclosed material cut away
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Discharge prints are being layered with screen printing to create 3-D effects, and more brands are adapting cutwork.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
Overhead, an ornate pendant cutwork lamp casts textured light on the walls.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Katherine Bernard For three days between fittings, Nicholas, his husband Jake Wiseman, and two of my best friends bopped around Paris flea markets with me hunting for candelabras, vases, and cutwork tablecloths to be decor for the wedding.
—Katherine Bernard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Many antique linens are sewn together with lace or have cutwork details that require delicate handling, so the dryer is out of the question.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2024
This Bode dress that is made from a cutwork tablecloth from the 1910s-1930s—I’m a fan of Emily’s vision for the brand and its stores.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
The cutwork curlicues, stars, and trees on the border of this runner definitely deliver the wow factor.
—Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
The overskirt is appliqued with cutwork of large dahlias.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
Overhead, an ornate pendant cutwork lamp casts textured light on the walls.
—Roxana Popescu, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Katherine Bernard For three days between fittings, Nicholas, his husband Jake Wiseman, and two of my best friends bopped around Paris flea markets with me hunting for candelabras, vases, and cutwork tablecloths to be decor for the wedding.
—Katherine Bernard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Many antique linens are sewn together with lace or have cutwork details that require delicate handling, so the dryer is out of the question.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2024
This Bode dress that is made from a cutwork tablecloth from the 1910s-1930s—I’m a fan of Emily’s vision for the brand and its stores.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
The cutwork curlicues, stars, and trees on the border of this runner definitely deliver the wow factor.
—Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
The overskirt is appliqued with cutwork of large dahlias.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
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“Cutwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutwork. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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