Yixian Embroidery Wenchang Travel Map Axis

[Yixian Embroidery Wenchang Travel Map Axis]

Yixian Embroidery Wenchang Travel Map Axis, in the late Ming Dynasty, 145 cm vertically and 57 cm horizontally
This picture axis is embroidered on the plain silk floor with colored threads to show the scene of Wenchang, the ruler of fame and wealth in ancient myths and legends, taking a rest on the way out. The work adopts the decoration method of two-color halo, and is embroidered with flat needle, set needle, flat gold, nail thread, net embroidery and other stitches
Garment thread embroidery is also known as “Lu embroidery”. Its embroidery thread is double twisted, and the pattern is rough, simple and simple. This work not only maintains the style of Lu embroidery, but also twists the clothing thread, and integrates the common split silk embroidery thread in Suzhou embroidery into the work, which is thick, medium and fine, complementing each other. The embroiderer is skilled and exquisite in embroidery, and the appearance, movement and wrinkles of the characters are exquisite and lifelike. In particular, the retention and control of “waterway” is just right, which can be regarded as an outstanding representative work of garment embroidery.