Xiang Embroidery Chinese Handmade Bird Start Price GBP 92.00 Current Price GBP 92.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 14, 2008 End Time Sunday, December 14, 2008 Location ChangSha, HuNan See more about 'Xiang Embroidery Chinese Handmade Bird' Description * Inheritance of 2000 years of folk art.* each stitch is handmade The use of Hunan Embroidery  1) luxury home decoration   2) noble gifts     3) personal collection   The Great Achievements of Hunan Embroidery         China is the first country to use silk  products. Back in 4 to 5,000 years ago, silk production was already highly developed in China and the "Silk Road" was named after  the  route  to abroad for silk trade.  Embroidery  grew with the silkware development. There was a period in ancient, only aristocratics and high officials enjoyed the previlege of using silkwares.  Embroidery was only  used in official uniform with strict pattern limits for different ranks:  dragons only  for emproper,  phoenix for queen only, cranes for civilian officials and tigers for  military attache.         Hunan Embroidery has wide varieties from daily necessities like fashions, scarves, handkerchiefs, quilt covers to very expensive wall pieces and valuable personal collections with all sizes and colours.         Hunan Embroidery absorbed  ancient chinese culture in painting,  poetry, calligraphy, stonecarving and other embroidery, etc. and formed its own unique style. Chinese paintings as its basis, Hunan embroidery is well-known for its complicated needlestitches , special - made silk tread and over 700 thread colours.   It is ranked after Suzhou Embroidery among the four best Chinese emroideries.         In 1933, an embroidered portrait of President Roosevelt made by a Changsha embroidery workshop was exhibited in Chicago at an Expo and caused a great stir in the United States.         A unique stitch was created by  Tuzhenhui, a Changsha embroiderer which makes the hair of lions and tigers lifelike. It is a great achievement to Hunan embroidery.             One of  the special features of Hunan Embroidery  is its " two-sided embroidery" which  has two exactly same  pictures on the two sides of one piece of very thin and transparent silk material. << Lion and tiger>>  represents the highest technique of  two-sided Hunan embroidery - one side is a lion while the other side of the same material is a tiger.          By1930s, the total annual income  of Hunan Embroidery products had reached up to 800,000 silver dollar with  1 / 3 of export. In last decades, Hunan Embroidery has made remarkable progress. The highest annual export of Hunan Embroidery once reached up to 5 million US dollars.           Hunan Embroidery has participated many exhibits in  Japan, Panama,  United States and other countries and  won many international awards.  In recent years, Hunan Embroidery has made great breakthrough on traditional embroidery techniques. A large two-sided embroidery  screen " Hundred Birds worship the Phonix ? Spring in Dongting Lake" was presented to the first Hong Kong government at the Hong kong reunion ceremony which is a compliment  to Hunan Embroidery.           Hunan Embroidery work  <<Lion and tiger>> and several other embroidery works are kept in the  China National  Art Museum as  national art treasures (David). Hunan Embroidery artists have repeatedly appointed by the State to perform abroad and won very good reputation. A large number of Hunan Embroidery works are presented to friends home and abroad as noble gifts. In 2005, China's "Shenzhou VI" spaceship was launched into space carrying 4 pieces of Hunan Embroidery Works meaning Hunan Embroidery has been recognized nationally and internationally.   Maintainence and Preservation of Hunan Embroidery                          Hunan Embroidery is  usually made on chiffon, satin and other silk materials.  The following must be observed  in  embroidery caring:         1, keep away from direct sunlight and wind to prevent color fading;        2, keep in dry and well-ventilated area to prevent it from getting moldy and spoil;        3, avoid sweat or other alkaline liquid droplets on the silk surface of the embroidery .        4, avoid rough, hard and pointing objects on the sillk surface of the embroidery to  cause burrs;         5, handle with clean hands;             6. do not wash with detergent to prevent color  ruin and material shrinking. Contact MeWelcome to China, and welcome to our hometown Hunan ChangSha.The cradle land of Embroidery is Hunan Changsha.I believe you'll like that Chinese People are rustic and passionate.If there is any problem, please email to me.       Return PolicyA returened purchase or exchange is committeed on the condition of undamaged outpacking and complete accessories within three days of the reception of the order by customers.If a serious quality problem is found at the order acceptance, an immediate report must be sent to Seller Support and return the product or products to us with a description and associated documents  within three days after the reception of the goods and the date is based on the return shipping date on the shipping document. 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