Hair embroidery is a traditional art practiced in many places in China. As the name indicates, hair embroidery refers to embroidery where human hair is used as a thread instead of other materials...
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Suzhou enjoyed a national fame for the high quality silk embroidery as early as the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911). At that time, almost every household had an embroidery workshop and all families were engaged in the embroidery...
Suzhou embroidery, with its great variety of designs, widespread use and superb stitching techniques, reached its zenith in the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911). The Qing government set up a special embroidery division...
The China Suzhou embroidery Art Museum and the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute – today’s Suzhou embroidery center – look like Eastern palaces of the arts. On display are...