1900s Antique Rare Guizhou Wedding Blanket Hand-Spun Cotton Silk Embroidery Diamond Geometric Design Chinese Indigo Textile '

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✂ - - - - - m e a s u r e m e n t s: 41” x … Read more ✂ - - - - - m e a s u r e m e n t s: 41” x 50”, 104.14cm x 127cm, 1.1 Lbs

♦ Dry clean only

A rare three-paneled Guizhou wedding blanket, framed in soft indigo with ornamental diamond motifs of blue, yellow, and mustard. The texture of the border invokes a denim-like quality. Can be used as a wall hanging, bed cover, decorative throw, or showcase in any living room. Hand-spun cotton with highlights of silk embroidery, circa the early 1900s.

From the rural villages of Guizhou in southwest China, these wedding blankets were dowry pieces intended to be used on the babies of the bride in a long-held tradition shared among minority groups of the Miao and Dong. The traditional style of hand-embroidered blankets were made by the Miao women and feature mostly abstract, geometric, or highly stylized motifs. Older pieces, like this one, use natural dyes, whereas chemical dyes became the norm in later pieces, especially pink as a primary color. See less