hardanger
[hahr-dang-er]
- embroidery openwork having elaborate symmetrical designs created by blocks of satin stitches within which threads of the embroidery fabric are removed.
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Origin of hardanger
First recorded in 1880–85; after Hardanger, an area in SW Norway where such embroidery was orig. produced
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Historical Examples
He knows of a house on the Hardanger Fiord, a house in a wood.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
My father sailed to Hardanger, intending to dispose of his pelts there if he could.
The Norsemen in the WestR.M. Ballantyne
In 1890 they forced their way to the head of the Hardanger Fjord in 60 N.
The beautiful district of Hardanger is particularly happy in this respect.
The Norwegian FjordsA. Heaton Cooper
This place has the reputation of being the fruit-garden of Hardanger.
The Norwegian FjordsA. Heaton Cooper