The panel is made using the satin stitch embroidery technique on silk. In the foreground, three cranes are shown against a gray background. They stand on a small rock covered with thin vegetation. A stream flows the rock; in the upper part of the panel, a part of a tree with fruits is depicted against the background of a light gray sky. Perhaps this is an apple tree that has grown lonely among the rocks. Long crane necks are elongated and bizarrely curved. The coloring of the picture is gray-yellow-white. The composition is framed in a passe-partout made of dark green cardboard and inserted into a frame under plexiglass.
It’s safe to say that Chinese embroidery is one of the main trends in the country’s art. This folk craft run deep in the history. Earlier, if a person owned things with embroidery, this indicated his high social status. Embroidery as a form of applied art originated about 3000 years ago. In China, craftsmen embroidered with wool, silk and cotton threads. For this, various materials were used: satin, raw burlap, silk.
Silk embroidery on silk is considered the most expensive. Such work requires perseverance and incredible skill. Silk paintings are works of art and are famous all over the world. Noble families and the imperial court especially appreciated the work that changed color depending on the lighting and had watercolor transitions. Along with the centuries-old development of this style and the arrival of new dynasties, the embroidery technique and its features changed.
There were famous embroiderers in different parts of the Celestial Empire. From early childhood, preparation for the profession began, and the execution technique was kept secret, passed on by inheritance. In the noble families, everything was covered with embroidery, the inner chambers were so tightly hung with such items that the fabrics obscured the walls. In some cases, such things were buried with the owner after his death.
Currently, this art combines handicrafts, graphics and painting. Such works are similar to paintings in the hokuga style, which revives the ancient painting traditions, but instead of paint, stitches of different colors are used in it. It takes several months or even a year of patient work to create one such picture. The creation of large-scale paintings is not done by one master, but by a whole group. Everyone performs a certain part of the picture, so it is impossible to understand where a fragment of one craftswoman ends and the work of another embroiderer begins.
The panel was received by the Amur Regional Museum of Local Lore in 1958 from the Amur Regional Executive Committee.
It’s safe to say that Chinese embroidery is one of the main trends in the country’s art. This folk craft run deep in the history. Earlier, if a person owned things with embroidery, this indicated his high social status. Embroidery as a form of applied art originated about 3000 years ago. In China, craftsmen embroidered with wool, silk and cotton threads. For this, various materials were used: satin, raw burlap, silk.
Silk embroidery on silk is considered the most expensive. Such work requires perseverance and incredible skill. Silk paintings are works of art and are famous all over the world. Noble families and the imperial court especially appreciated the work that changed color depending on the lighting and had watercolor transitions. Along with the centuries-old development of this style and the arrival of new dynasties, the embroidery technique and its features changed.
There were famous embroiderers in different parts of the Celestial Empire. From early childhood, preparation for the profession began, and the execution technique was kept secret, passed on by inheritance. In the noble families, everything was covered with embroidery, the inner chambers were so tightly hung with such items that the fabrics obscured the walls. In some cases, such things were buried with the owner after his death.
Currently, this art combines handicrafts, graphics and painting. Such works are similar to paintings in the hokuga style, which revives the ancient painting traditions, but instead of paint, stitches of different colors are used in it. It takes several months or even a year of patient work to create one such picture. The creation of large-scale paintings is not done by one master, but by a whole group. Everyone performs a certain part of the picture, so it is impossible to understand where a fragment of one craftswoman ends and the work of another embroiderer begins.
The panel was received by the Amur Regional Museum of Local Lore in 1958 from the Amur Regional Executive Committee.
