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Embroiderers' Guild of WA > Records

GENERAL EMBROIDERY, PICTURE

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Exquisite example of Chinese double sided silk embroidery of the final quarter of 20th C
Design of two panda bears sitting under a bamboo tree, eating bamboo, their staple food.
The round picture is set in a carved round mahogany wooden frame which stands in scrolling carved mahogany base.
The Chinese consider its deep root of the bamboo denotes resoluteness; its tall, straight stem represents honor; its hollow interior modesty and its clean and spartan exterior exemplifies chastity. Ancient Chinese literature held bamboo in profound esteem.
From the city of Suzhou in South Western China.

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Embroiderers' Guild of WA

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