no20 gt15 Indonesian chinese bed decoration
Sumatra Indonesia /19th century
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Indonesian Chinese settled in Smatra from 16th century. They brought Chinese culture.and it was mixtured with India( mirror work )& Holland( beads work ),local culture.

Curtain: Embroidery is silk thread on silk, the hem is hand woven and, embroidery silk tape , the blue is cotton (worn out a llitle) the size 140x200cm x 2

Canopy : gold thread on cotton ,mirror work, spangles, the entirly 2mm red glass bead is scattered.
The hem of fringe is glass beads knitting
the size 200x55cm
each curtain has 3 Chinese giraffe.
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麒麟j
中国人のスマトラ島への移住は16世紀頃から。インド、オランダ、アラブ人など、交易が盛んになると移住が始まった。
刺繍は中国のおめでたい図柄だが、同じようで少し何か違う。とくに結婚式のときこのような美しいものが作られていた。縁起を願い、天国を現している。

Curtain belt

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The center of canopy has Life Tree.
This is Indian's style life tree.

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