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GENERAL EMBROIDERY, SEGMENT

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Overview

This is a very fine and exquisite example of Pekinese stitch done clockwise and anticlockwise for filling effect. There are a large number of colour changes, with a very pleasing effect. The floral and leaf patterns are on a black background with blue and orange chrysanthemum and a variety of leaves and bamboo in a large range of green hues.
The segment was part of a larger piece which was made in China for the Western market. These segments were sent to the UK and were made up into garments with a western design. Some of the segments may have been cut up to suit the fashions of the day.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-2021.87

Width

200 mm

Height or length

1019 mm

Last modified

Tuesday, 19 September, 2023

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