The very distinctive red embroideries of Naxos were produced by women of the Latin community of the island (probably nuns). They are characterized by the great richness of the designs, and the peculiarity of being embroidered in two directions in order to create two tones of red that alternate depending on the angle of light. James Trilling suggested that the models of the geometric designs are to be sought in Renaissance pattern books, such as Jacques Foillet’s Nouveaux pourtraicts de point coupé (Montbéliard 1598).