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Sunday, 26 August 2018 15:56

Embroidered weaver's sample, Miao, China

This item is housed at the Textile Research Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands. It is an embroidered sample, measuring 38 x 24 cm, from among the Miao ethnic minority in southern China. The motifs are hand embroidered with darning stitch and satin stitch. The sample dates to the late twentieth century.

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