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The Silk Road is a crafts trade store located in the beautiful Lake District. Embroidery art and garden art add radiance and beauty to each other. It is an ideal place for viewing, admiring, choosing and ordering embroidery works of art
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Having a long history,
Suzhou embroidery is perfect craftsmanship and is renowned at
home and abroad. Suzhou embroidery carries forward the good
traditions of Suzhou embroidery. The embroidered works of arts,
fine silks and gold thread-woven works of art it has created are
rich in content and embroidered with exquisite skill. They have
become one of the state’s important gift exhibits, having
repeatedly won gold prizes at the International Fair and
gold-cup prizes in the State-level quality appraisals.
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| Chinese Embroidery - From Wikipedia Chinese embroidery refers to embroidery created by any of the cultures located in the area that makes up modern China. It is some of the oldest extant needlework. The four major regional styles of Chinese embroidery are Suzhou embroidery (Su Xiu), Hunan embroidery (Xiang Xiu), Guangdong embroidery (Yue Xiu) and Sichuan embroidery (Shu Xiu). All of them are nominated as Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage. Chinese embroidery has a long history since Neolithic age. Because of the quality of silk fiber, most Chinese fine embroideries are made in silk. Some ancient vestiges of silk production have been found in various Neolithic sites dating back 5000~6000 years in China More Info click here
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The Silk Road is a Chinese
Takeaway & Restaurant and an Oriental Art and Crafts Store |
