Learn about the history and culture surrounding Chinese embroidery and learn to embroider yourself with this easy-to-follow and beautifully illustrated guide.Embroidery in China is a true art form; one that has been practiced for over 2;000 years. In Chinese Embroidery; you'll discover everything from the history of the art to the different schools in different ages and their styles to knowledge about selection; collection and preservation of embroidered articles. Chinese Embroidery contains over 200 full-color photos of works and step-by-step guides—all of which help to explain and analyze over twenty kinds of needlework and teach comprehensive application of these basic skills. When you reach the end of this book; you'll have learned about twenty different embroidered pieces for daily use and for display purposes.Learn about the pattern-oriented art and traditional culture of China at the same time as you master the embroidery craftsmanship unique to China. Stimulate your imagination and creativity as you experience the joy of embroidery with Chinese Embroidery.
#1227155 in Books Potomac Books Inc. 2009-08-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .90 x 6.30l; 1.01 #File Name: 1597972967208 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Book for first hand information of immigrants in 1880 to 1920By cindyIf you are interested in the perspective of a child immigrants from various parts of Europe from around the late eighteen hundreds to 1920 to America then this is the book to read. This is actually a replacement copy of a book that was lost. So happy that someone still had a copy around. This is a great read and it even helps if you are doing genealogy and need info on the reasons why people left their countries. Highly recommend this book. Middle school to High school reading level.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. DisappointedBy kathieWhile this book does have personal accounts of immigrant experiences; I found the stories flat and devoid of much emotion. By the way they described their experiences; it sounded like the stories were in the author's "americanized" words and not of the immigrant's broken English. Poor uneducated people don't speak as eloquently as the ones in this book do. Many of the personal accounts were very short and lacked depth of the person being interviewed. If you want a genuine feeling of the immigrant experience in their words; read Peter Morton Coan's book; Ellis Island Interviews.
