Suzhou embroidery

Suzhou embroidery, silk, satin, and other textiles decorated using soft, coloured silk threads and produced at or near the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu province, China. The Suzhou school is one of the four most famous schools of embroidery in China (the others being centred in Hunan, Guangdong, and Sichuan provinces). Embroidered book covers unearthed at Suzhou date back to the Five Dynasties period (10th century ad), though the school probably extends back to Han...