embroidered

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Into the stodgiest period of English history minced "Dizzy," "in a coat of black velvet, poppy-colored trousers broidered with gold, a scarlet waistcoat, sparkling rings worn on top of white kid gloves."

From Time Magazine Archive

And I too made him gifts: a good bronze blade, a cloak with lining and a broidered shirt, and sent him off in his trim ship with honor.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Above the mail was a short surcoat of black, but broidered on the breast in silver with the token of the Tree.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

A monkey mowed and gibbered on the back of her chair; and a parrot, vieing in brilliance with the broidered birds on the wall, hung by its claws from a ring above her head.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

Although there was no cash in silken fob or broidered pocket, the Elect denied themselves no luxury.

From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis