For now, I want to focus on these beautiful pieces. I just received. This red piece is my first favorite. Evelyn wrote something about something getting soaked in water and I am wondering if this piece is the one. It is a fascinating piece. These stamped images appear to mostly be from different cultures, though we know they are not. The one in the lower center actually is very close to American Southwest Indian designs seen on pottery. And the one on the lower right looks as though it could have come straight from a Baltimore Album quilt. The top right image also could have been American, but the others appear to be more like the Chinese designs with which I am familiar. I love this read. There are splotches of black all over the edges and by the designs themselves, but they add to the beauty of the piece. My first inclination was to want to get some sort of marker and complete the missing lines and them create something from it but I am resisting (with great difficulty) that tendency.

The next two pieces will be shown below and they have even more filled-in embroidery which appears to be silk thread on silk fabrics. The colors of the pieces are just beautiful, and again, I suspect that these were intended to be some part of some pretty elegant garments. This embroidery is truly solid and the stitching is impeccable. It would have been very wonderful to have seen the actual garments.

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