Piece I
Su Embroidery Table Screen — Desk Format
Silk on silk, hand-worked in Suzhou.
$116.99
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Su Embroidery Table Screen — Desk Format
Su embroidery, Suzhou
One of the four great embroidery traditions of China. Listed as national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
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Piece II
Su Embroidery Round Silk Hand Fan — Classic Motifs
Silk on silk, hand-worked in Suzhou.
$53.99
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Su Embroidery Round Silk Hand Fan — Classic Motifs
Su embroidery, Suzhou
One of the four great embroidery traditions of China. Listed as national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
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Piece III
Su Embroidery Silk Scarf and Velvet-Flower Brooch Gift Box
Silk on silk, hand-worked in Suzhou.
$154.99
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Su Embroidery Silk Scarf and Velvet-Flower Brooch Gift Box
Su embroidery, Suzhou
One of the four great embroidery traditions of China. Listed as national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
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Piece IV
Su Embroidery Pen Holder — New Chinese Study Desk
Silk on silk, hand-worked in Suzhou.
$167.99
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Wooden pen holder with double-sided panda silk embroidery
Su embroidery, Suzhou
One of the four great embroidery traditions of China. Listed as national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
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Su Embroidery Silk Scarf and Velvet-Flower Brooch Gift Box
Su Embroidery Silk Scarf and Velvet-Flower Brooch Gift Box Su embroidery, Suzhou $154.99
Su Embroidery Table Screen — Numbered Series 2100
Su Embroidery Table Screen — Numbered Series 2100 Su embroidery, Suzhou $99.99
Su Embroidery Table Screen — Desk Format
Su Embroidery Table Screen — Desk Format Su embroidery, Suzhou $116.99
Su Embroidery Decorative Table Screen — Double-Faced
Su Embroidery Decorative Table Screen — Double-Faced Su embroidery, Suzhou $88.99
Su Embroidery Round Silk Hand Fan — Classic Motifs
Su Embroidery Round Silk Hand Fan — Classic Motifs Su embroidery, Suzhou $53.99
Wooden pen holder with double-sided panda silk embroidery
Su Embroidery Pen Holder — New Chinese Study Desk Su embroidery, Suzhou $167.99
On double-sided work
A screen with no wrong side

The floss is split to a sixteenth of a strand and worked straight through the silk, so the reverse is as finished as the front. Both images are built in the same sitting, from memory. This is why a double-sided screen may stand in the middle of a room rather than against a wall.

1⁄16
of a strand
12
stitch families
How a screen is made
Front face of a double-faced silk table screen, the cat worked in ginger and white
face one · ginger
Reverse face of the same double-faced silk table screen, the same cat worked in silver-grey
face two · silver-grey
Where it will stand

A double-sided screen is not hung. It is placed where light reaches both faces — on a console, a shelf, a desk.

A double-sided screen standing in a living room, on a console
Living room
A double-sided screen in an entryway, the first thing seen
Entryway
A double-sided screen in a study, beside the desk
Study
Gifting
It arrives in its own box

Each piece travels in a silk-brocade box made for it alone, seated on a fitted lining that holds the stand still. Nothing about the parcel says what it cost.

— Silk-brocade box, fitted to the piece — A card included with the piece — No prices or invoice inside the box
the silk-brocade box, closed