A Comparative Study for Decoration and Traditional Stitches and How to Benefit from Them in Establishing Small Enterprises in Al-Nuba Area in Republic of Egypt and The Area of Aseer in Saudi Arabia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Home Economics - Helwan University - Department of Clothes and Textile

2 Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Applied Arts, Fifth Settlement, Department of Ready-to-Wear

Abstract

The traditional arts Alnckilip is considered one of
the material arts through which we can be acquainted
with peoples cultures and civilization, The researchers
observed that both areas (al Nuba and Aseer) contain
various decorations especially geometric units
containing:
(triangle, and circle) beside some traditional stitches
that were not acknowledged before and reviving them
as a result of the fast material change and applying them
to obtain products such as hangings, mattresses
decorated with hand-made embroidery and suitable to
establish small enterprises.

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