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Shuitianyi (Chinese: 水田衣), also known as “paddy field garment”, "Shuitian clothing", or "rice-paddy robe", [1] is a non-religious Chinese patchwork gown which was made and worn by women in China during the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty; it was made by using many pieces of fabric sewn together (similar to Chinese patchwork); the clothing reflected the era's tendency towards fashion ...
Baijiayi (Chinese: 百家衣; pinyin: bǎijiāyī), also known as baijiapao (Chinese: 百家袍; pinyin: bǎijiāpáo) and sometimes referred as One hundred families robe, [1] Hundred-Families robe, [2] or One hundred families clothing in English, [3] is a form of Chinese patchwork jacket, particular for male children. [4]
Chinese patchwork is a traditional form of Chinese needlework which has been widely circulated in Chinese folk arts. [1] In China, patchwork has been used for millennia. [2] Chinese patchwork is made by sewing scraps of fabric together into a desired shape to form design art with a distinctive theme. [3] This technique is still used in Chinese ...
Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India .
There are clothing regulations for both officials and commoners. Now some people have custom-made robes embroidered with the prohibited patterns of four-clawed dragon [i.e. mang], five-clawed dragon [i.e. long], flying fish [i.e. feiyu], and “Big Dipper bull” [i.e. douniu]. Put the artisans to death and send their families to frontier ...
This version has been sliced and diced, lending a patchwork feel, while hand-fringe detailing gives it a softer note. ... However, the custom knotted buttons offer an extra-special design touch ...
Whole-cloth quilt, 18th century, Netherlands.Textile made in India. In Europe, quilting appears to have been introduced by Crusaders in the 12th century (Colby 1971) in the form of the aketon or gambeson, a quilted garment worn under armour which later developed into the doublet, which remained an essential part of fashionable men's clothing for 300 years until the early 1600s.
Interested in European clothing and textile arts from Neolithic to Renaissance. Elemenopee9: Talk: I go through phases of being more of a knitter or a crocheter but both are very special to me. I also have made one (1) patchwork quilt, and would love to have the time to do another one.