Straits Chinese beadwork & embroidery : a collector's guide / Ho Wing Meng
Digitised Book 3.144.79.121 (0)
1987
Information About
This book is the first of its kind on Straits Chinese beadwork and embroidery. It highlights the uniqueness of beadwork and embroidery in that, unlike porcelain and silver, which have actually been made by mainland. It covers new ground by comparing beadwork fabricated by Straits nonyas with the Indonesian peranakan variety, and includes, in the embroidery section, a fascinating account of silk and sericulture.
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Ho, Wing Meng
- Subject
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- Beadwork--Straits Settlements
- Embroidery--Straits Settlements
- Peranakan (Chinese)--Social life and customs
- Publisher
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- Times Books International, 1987
- National Library Board Singapore, 1987
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 176 p. ill. (chiefly col.), map
- Table of Contents
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- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- ch. One. Introduction. pt. I. Straits Chinese beadwork. ch. Two. The romance of ancient beads. ch. Three. Straits Chinese beadwork as a distinctive handicraft. ch. Four. Beads, threads and needles. ch. Five. Techniques of beading. ch. Six. Categories of Straits Chinese beadwork. ch. Seven. Peranakan beadwork from Indonesia -- pt. II. Straits Chinese embroidery. ch. Eight. The art of painting with a needle. ch. Nine. Techniques of embroidery. ch. Ten. Categories of Straits Chinese embroidery. ch. Eleven. Needles, threads and fabrics. ch. Twelve. The story of silk and sericulture -- Dating -- Notes -- Glossary --Bibliography -- Index.
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.