Nyonya needlework : embroidery and beadwork in the Peranakan world / Cheah Hwei-Fe'n ; edited by Alan Chong and Richard Lingner.
Author(s): Cheah, Hwei-Fe'n
Library Item Details
Main Title
Nyonya needlework : embroidery and beadwork in the Peranakan world / Cheah Hwei-Fe'n ; edited by Alan Chong and Richard Lingner.
Author(s)
Cheah, Hwei-Fe'n
Collation
284 pages :
28 cm.
28 cm.
Variant Title
embroidery and beadwork in the Peranakan world /
ISBN
9789811108525
Dewey Class
746.44
Contents
Foreword / Alan Chong, Director of the Peranakan Museum -- Nonya Needlework: Craft & Heritage -- A Stitch In Time: A Brief History of Nyonya Needlework -- Gold and Silver Embroidery: Diversity and Innovation -- Gold Embroidered Slippers of the Peranakan Chinese -- Silk Embroidery -- Drawn Thread Embroidery: A Shared Heritage -- Bead Embroidery -- The Material Foundations of Nyonya Embroidery -- Appendix 1: A Peranakan Chinese Wedding in Batavia, 1851 -- Appendix 2: A Model of a Chinese House from Medan, 1913 -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
Subject
Embroidery, Peranakan -- Singapore -- Exhibitions.
Beadwork, Peranakan -- Singapore -- Exhibitions.
Beadwork, Peranakan -- Singapore -- Exhibitions.
BRN
9531
Notes
- This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Nyonya Needlework : Embroidery and Beadwork in the Peranakan World presented at the Peranakan Museum, Singapore, from 24 June 2016 to 18 June 2017.
