Pillow Covers Embroidered with Flower and Butterfly in Partly Count Embroidery

This is a pair of pillow covers embroidered with partly count embroidery. Partly count embroidery belongs to the category of counted stitch. Exposing gauze underlay is called partly count embroidery while concealing the underlay is known as full count embroidery. This kind of embroidery has appeared as early as in the Qin and Han periods, and became wide-spread during the Ming and Qing dynasties.