Ago

pothook steel pointed

Aguglia

Punta accuminata, ago, (grosso ago per cucire le vele).

Aida lap

A fabric with a regular weft used especially for the embroidery with cross stitch.

Appliquè work

It is so called an embroidered piece worked using two layers of fabric (usually of different colour) laid on and fixed by buttonhole stitches. 

Appretto

Arabesque

A decoration of stylised geometric and floral elements, a typical decoration of the Islamic art.

Assisi stitch

This embroidery took its antique origin in Umbria. It is usually made on a cloth with a regular weft called Assisi. It is characterized by the combination of different stitches as the double running  stitch, the cross stitch, and other type of embroideries