Plain stitch embroidery of Han Dynasty and before is rarely unearthed. Among the large amount of embroidery excavated from Haiqu (海曲 )Han tombs in Rizhao( 日照), Shundong, an embroidery fragment with plain stitc...Plain stitch embroidery of Han Dynasty and before is rarely unearthed. Among the large amount of embroidery excavated from Haiqu (海曲 )Han tombs in Rizhao( 日照), Shundong, an embroidery fragment with plain stitch was found. This is the first plain stitch embroidery with a typical cloudy pattern in Hun Dynasty unearthed up to now. And its needlework was very skillful. Combining the two pieces of plain stitch embroidery on wool fabrics found in Wubao( 五堡 ) tomb at Hami ( 哈密 ) Xinjiang and Mawangdui ( 马王堆 ) Han tombs, we recognized that the application of plain stitch was earlier than scholars considered before. As basic plain stitchwork was poorer in art expression than chain stitchwork, it was less adopted in extravagant silk embroidery. But for ordinary status, plain stitch was more popular to be used in embroidery.展开更多
文摘Plain stitch embroidery of Han Dynasty and before is rarely unearthed. Among the large amount of embroidery excavated from Haiqu (海曲 )Han tombs in Rizhao( 日照), Shundong, an embroidery fragment with plain stitch was found. This is the first plain stitch embroidery with a typical cloudy pattern in Hun Dynasty unearthed up to now. And its needlework was very skillful. Combining the two pieces of plain stitch embroidery on wool fabrics found in Wubao( 五堡 ) tomb at Hami ( 哈密 ) Xinjiang and Mawangdui ( 马王堆 ) Han tombs, we recognized that the application of plain stitch was earlier than scholars considered before. As basic plain stitchwork was poorer in art expression than chain stitchwork, it was less adopted in extravagant silk embroidery. But for ordinary status, plain stitch was more popular to be used in embroidery.