PERANAKAN MUSEUM

YIDI
Jan 16, 2017
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Nyonya Needlework

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Field Trip-Peranakan Museum

Location: 39 Armenian Street,Singapore 179941

Nyonya needlework is created with gold threads, silk floss, and tiny beads, nyonya needlework is typically associated with peranakan chinese women, it is one of the distinctive features of peranakan chinese culture.

Marine Ky's intricate work 'Setting Off' traces the history of Asian pattern-making by incorporating examples of Peranakan lace and embroidery patterns from all over the region—Cambodia, China, Hong Kong and Korea—into delicate etchings over Khmer motifs, bringing to light the multiple layers of aesthetic influence in the two cultures.

Beadwork tablecloth

Penang

Early 20th century

Glass beads, cotton

Over a million glass beads make up this tablecloth,

the largest example of Peranakan

beadwork known.the design depicts a variety of European and South American birds and flowers, as well as few Asian species.

Bridegroom;s Beaded Slipper

A Peranakan bride used to make beaded slippers for her bridegroom. Feel how tiny each bead is A bride's beadwork showed how hardworking she could be. Every family wanted a hardworking bride.

The art of Nyonya needlework is embodied in its stitches, embracing both imitation and innovation. the works display illustrate the main materials and methods, and selected comparisons highlight the techniques.

For those embroidery even pass days long time ago, but still can make into nowadays fashion.

the high techniques can make a clothes looks more expensive.

If you interesting in Peranakan culture. It is good to be there to see Nyonya handwork.

Visit Date untill 26th March, 2017

More information

WEBSITE: http://peranakamuseum.org.sg/exhibitions/nyonya-needlework