Embroidery ethnic chinese old Miao

The embroidery Miao, in the aggregate, have geometric forms in an old style rich. The motifs are repeated in a geometrical way in to double or quadruple copies. The motifs are inspired by common objects such as plants, birds and animals, utensils, etc., The general arrangement of the pattern is, in general, in a form similar to that of a diamond. The most frequent case is that of a diamond shaped framing pattern, a diamond, four-sided repeating, containing points, symmetric twisted and other broken lines. The blocks of embroidery using a riot of colours in the details, they consist of various colors and in regular shapes and lines that fit together and overlap, showing varieties in complicated structures that are collected with regularity.

Origin: South China

Age: approximately mid-50s

Dimensions: L45 x H45 cm