Paper embroidery template, Maio, China, early 21st century.
Courtesy Textile Research Centre, Leiden, acc. no. TRC 2018.2714.
The Textile Research Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands, houses a paper template (30 x 32 cm) for embroidery, from among the Miao ethnic minority in southern China. The template dates to the early twenty-first century.
The template is designed to help decorating a woman's jacket. The embroidery is worked over the paper template. The template is intended for use by a (young) girl, and includes instructions in pencil and ink for the stitch directions.
See also the TRC Needles entry for an half-finished embroidered panel for a Miao woman's jacket (TRC 2018.2107).
TRC online catalogue (retrieved 26th August 2018).
WV (26th August 2018)
