Embroidery

Embroidery

Embroidery

A dark blue square with an embroidery farm scene. The embroidery work is framed by two rows of white fabric separated by the blue. The colors chosen for the scene are bright orange pink green yellow and aqua blue. Other colors used are black grey brown and white. The scene shows mean and women preforming their daily duties on a farm. Women in this scene are show wearing their batik skirts. Which demonstrates that the patterns used for everyday would have consisted of one or two simple patterns. It is believed that H'mong women learned this technique of embroidery by watching Cambodia refugee women in the camps of Thailand.

Mallinson, Jane

2004.030.004