broidery

noun

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)embroidery

   “the golden broidery tender Milkah wove”

   “The lamp stood on the table, and Carrara leant by the huge tome spread out before him; and opposite sat Beatrice, bending over her broidery—the small head, with its rich knot of gathered hair, so exquisitely placed—the slender figure, so graceful in its attitude.”