Chinese folk embroidery

Name/Title

Chinese folk embroidery

Entry/Object ID

NK9283.W36 1987

Collection

Lilo Markrich Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

embroidery--china, folk art--china

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Wang Yarong

Publisher

Thames & Hudson

Place Published

City

London

Date Published

1987

ISBN

0500274630, 9780500274637

Notes

Length: 160

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

The development of Chinese folk embroidery -- Plates: Accessories -- Designs on clothes -- Embroidered household articles -- Designs in Chinese embroidery -- Embroidery stitches: The embroiderer's kit -- Main stitches and illustrations -- Classification table of the main stitches used -- Appendices: Embroidery in Chaoyang district, Liaoning province -- The embroidering career of my grandmother -- Postscript.