Classic or machine made embroidery is an ornamental technique and a means of expression that inspired many artist of the Art Deco period. At the beginning of the twentieth century, renowned artists took a close interest in the technique of embroidery. The Kunstindustrie Museum of Copenhagen preserves a needlepoint tapestry by the sculptor Maillol, representing a concert and made with polychrome wool, silk and gold and silver wire. The beginning of the twentieth century also marked the transformation of women’s clothing. It was Paul Poiret who would transform the female silhouette, by imposing a style born of his imagination: muslin tuniques embroidered with pearls and lined with fur, covering iridescent tulles, decorated with a shower of gold, jet or sequins. Sonia Delaunay adapted her pictorial researches to women’s clothing. She made in 1925 for Gloria Swanson, famous movie star, a woollen embroidery coat with geometrical designs.