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PEKING appliqu(?),one of the many handicrafts of China,is an old art-form going backmany centuries.Different materialsare cut out and attached to oneanother to create a single-piece de-coration,much like embroidery.Itshistory can be traced back 2,000years to the Han Dynasty,whenartists would use thin scraps andpatches of silk to piece together aportrait or a depiction of the land-scape.During the Song Dynastyappliqu(?) enjoyed a resurgence andbecame very similar to traditionalembroidery.After the Qing Dynas-ty,appliqu(?) became very popularoutside the emperor's court and res-pectable women everywhere tookit up as a pastime,embroidering
PEKING appliqu (?), One of the many handicrafts of China, is an old art-form going backmany centuries. Different materialsare cut out and attached to oneanother to create a single-piece de-coration, much like embroidery. Itshistory can be traced back 2,000years to the Han Dynasty, whenartists would use thin scraps andpatches of silk to piece together aportrait or a depiction of the land-scape.During the Song Dynastyappliqu (?) enjoyed a resurgence andbecame very similar to traditionalembroidery. After the Qing Dynas- ty, appliqu (?) became very popularoutside the emperor’s court and res-pectable children everywhere tookit up as a pastime, embroidering