[Common Textiles Manual] Embroidery

Overview

It is a traditional arts and crafts that forms various patterns and colors on the fabrics of wool, hemp, silk, cotton, etc., in accordance with the design of puncturing the needles, and bringing the needles to the line. Usually also refers to the corresponding crafts.

China's embroidery has a history of more than 4,000 years. According to the "Book of Goodness" records, there was "painting of things, colorful preparation, that of the embroidery." Visible in the ancient embroidery and painting are closely integrated and inseparable art. Among the tombs unearthed before and after the country, the embroideries in various historical stages such as the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Warring States Period, the Western Han Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty all reached a very high level. Embroidery products in various historical stages such as the Qing Dynasty have reached a high level.

Variety

Embroidery can be divided into two categories of daily necessities and appreciation goods. Daily necessities include interior products (such as quilt cover, pillow cases, chair cushions, bed covers, etc.), daily clothes (such as embroidered clothes, shawls, belts, scarves, etc.), costumes, shrouds, and religious articles. Embroidery can be divided into graphic design, embroider, stapling and mounting.