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Showing posts with label beading. Show all posts

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Peranakan Museum Singapore

A visit to the new Singapore Peranakan Museum showed some lovely textiles and beadwork. The Peranakans or Nyonyas are known for their elaborate wedding attire, beaded shoes and bags and the distinctive bright colours of their ceramics, Nyonyaware.
These beaded shoes are still on the beading loom.



Unfortunately no flash photography was allowed, so it's difficult to see the true colours.



The embroidery and beading on this pageboy wedding outfit is magnificent.



The tiled floor outside the kitchen could be a new design for a quilt!




The beadweaving is almost a forgotten art, but has been rediscovered by a local woman who now teaches classes.