Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

CHINA
Sleeve (fragment)
Late 19 th Century
Miao ethnic group, Guizhou
Plain weave cloth, very fine silk running
stitch embroidery.
37 x 32 cm 14½ x 12½ in
This design is dominated by the three central
dragonflies, which signify summer and transience.
Other popular auspicious symbols represented
are birds, insects, and the ever present swastika.
The richness of the overall design belies the fact
that only two colors, red and blue, are used with
a tiny bit of gray.
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