Embroidered Trims

Embroidered Trims

Embroidered trim brings the most decoratively intricate and labour-intensive passementerie technique to the finishing details of drapery, upholstery, and accessories — trims where thread embroidery creates pattern, texture, and decorative detail on a woven or braided ground fabric that flat woven tape or twisted cord cannot approach. At The WorkRoom, our embroidered trim collection includes embroidered tape, braid, and border trims from leading passementerie brands including Schumacher, Lee Jofa, and RM Coco.

How Embroidered Trim is Made

Embroidered trim is produced by stitching decorative thread patterns onto a pre-woven ground fabric — either by hand in the most traditional and labour-intensive applications, or by computerised embroidery machines that replicate hand-embroidered patterns with considerable fidelity at commercially-viable production speeds. The embroidery thread can follow any path across the ground, allowing for naturalistic motifs (floral stems, geometric borders, trailing vine patterns) that flat woven construction cannot produce without sacrificing pattern fluency. The raised surface of the embroidery thread creates physical dimension that catches and scatters light differently from the ground fabric, creating a trim with genuine visual depth and textural richness.

Embroidered Trim in an Interior

Embroidered trim is the most labouriously produced and visually distinctive of all passementerie types — applied at the hem of silk or velvet drapery, at cushion edges, or at the borders of formal upholstered pieces to create finishing details of genuine decorative luxury. For the most formally appointed and decoratively ambitious interiors, embroidered trim signals the highest level of finishing intention — a passementerie choice that goes beyond colour and width to add genuine decorative content to the trim itself. A trailing floral embroidery at the hem of formal curtain panels, or a geometric embroidered border around a velvet cushion, creates a finishing quality that distinguishes a truly completed interior from merely well-upholstered one.

Also Explore

Browse our full trims collection by type for every passementerie option. Tape trims provides the flat woven alternative at a wider range of price points. Embroidery and crewel fabrics extends the decorative thread-work tradition into fabric form.