"The book provides a comprehensive introduction to Chinese embroidery, including its history, styles in different regions, patterns, techniques and its appreciation. It serves as the first guidebook ...

Rong Yurui, a third-generation inheritor of Lu embroidery, an art form with a history spanning 2,600 years, works on an embroidery depicting lotus flowers at her workshop in the Baihuazhou historical ...

Early in this sumptuously illustrated volume, Chung (Art of Oriental Embroidery) notes that she has produced three of the most significant books on the history of Asian textiles and embroidery; such a ...