Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Chinese traditional craftsmanship - Bifacial embroidery



Bifacial embroidery is a craftsmanship technique that embroidering double- sided same picture on one base material. So that a flipped picture can be seen on the other side. It is founded in Su Province, called Su style, one of the four major embroidery style in China. 
The earliest Bifacial embroidery was found in Song Dynasty ( AD 960-1279) mostly used on scarf and handkerchief. The subjects of the embroidery are mostly, floral, scenery, birds, and human portrait.





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