Straits Chinese beadwork and embroidery : a collector's guide /

Straits Chinese beadwork and embroidery : a collector's guide /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ho, Wing Meng
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Marshall Cavendish Editions 2008.
Series:Straits Chinese heritage series.
Subjects:
Beadwork, Peranakan > Collectors and collecting > Straits Settlements.
Embroidery, Peranakan > Collectors and collecting > Straits Settlements.
Beadwork, Peranakan > Collectors and collecting > Singapore.
Embroidery, Peranakan > Collectors and collecting > Singapore.
Beadwork, Peranakan > Collectors and collecting > Malaysia.
Embroidery, Peranakan > Collectors and collecting > Malaysia.
Peranakan (Asian people) > Social life and customs.
Straits Settlements > Social life and customs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The romance of ancient beads
  • Straits Chinese beadwork as a distinctive handicraft
  • Beads, threads, and needles
  • Techniques of beading
  • Categories of Straits Chinese beadwork
  • Peranakan beadwork from Indonesia
  • The art of painting with a needle
  • Techniques of embroidery
  • Categories of Straits Chinese embroidery
  • Needles, threads, and fabrics
  • The story of silk and sericulture.

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