Every thread, a story : &, the secret language of Miao embroidery
Title:
Every thread, a story : &, the secret language of Miao embroidery
Secret language of Miao embroidery
Secret language of Miao embroidery.
Author:
Brock, Karen Elting, author, editor.
ISBN:
9781733200394
9781733200318
9781733200349
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Loveland, Col. : Thrums Books, c2020.
Physical Description:
2 volumes (160, 71 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 28 cm
General Note:
| Title from slipcase. |
| "The material in this book [The secret language of Miao embroidery] is excerpted and adapted from a larger work, 'Earliest Patterns of Miao Embroidery' by Zeng Li, to be published ..."--The secret language of Miao embroidery, title page verso |
| "A two-volume boxed set." |
Contents:
Faces of Guizhou -- A River of Calm / All of a Piece / Folded Embroidery -- Indigo and Ashes / Silver in the City / Silver Work -- Satin Entreprenuer / Markets -- Inheritance of Silk / Intangible Cultural Heritage / Tradition and Tourism / Head Coverings -- Road to Success / Indigo -- Horse Power / Two of a Kind / Architecture -- Five Generations and Hope for the Future-Shi Hong Yan -- Glazed Cloth -- A Quill and Light / Three Ways of Seeing
Miao Embroidery -- Selected Symbols and Patterns -- Symbols Combined into Patterns -- A Collection of Original Miao Patterns Four-Character Symbol -- Spiral Symbol -- Mother Butterfly Symbol -- Bird Jiyu Symbol -- Dragon Symbol -- Flowers of Life Symbol -- Ancestor House Symbol -- Auspicious Creatures Symbols.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 11100955 (v.1) 11100956 (v.2) NK9283.A3 G85 os2 yh