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Red Satin Suzhou Embroidery Pillow Cover Embroidered with Butterfly Motif

China National Silk Museum

China National Silk Museum
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

This embroidery is underlaid with five pieces of red satin in Chinese knot stitch and long and short stitch. With magnolia symbolizing "palace" and peony "wealth," this piece constructs a picture suggesting "eminence and affluence."

Details

  • Title: Red Satin Suzhou Embroidery Pillow Cover Embroidered with Butterfly Motif
  • Type: Textiles
  • Rights: All rights reserved
  • Medium: silk
  • Width: 79.5cm
  • Length: 38cm

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