 These stories were executed in canvaswork or in coloured silks in a uniquely English style called raised work , usually known by its modern name stumpwork . Raised work arose from the detached buttonhole stitch fillings and braided scrolls of late Elizabethan embroidery . Areas of the embroidery were worked on white or ivory silk grounds in a variety of stitches and prominent features were padded with horsehair or <unk> , or worked around wooden shapes or wire frames . Ribbons , spangles , beads , small pieces of lace , canvaswork slips , and other objects were added to increase the dimensionality of the finished work . 
