Hand-loomed weaving, dyeing, embroidery, or cloth-making craft tradition.
02 · Where & name
People's Republic of China
Written in its own script on record as 顾绣.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
Every claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapter Takeaways
參考資料圖說天下·探索發現系列編委會，《國寶傳奇》，2008，長春，吉林出版集團
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Gu embroidery in plain words?
顧繡為起源於上海的一種刺繡技巧。顧繡為上海露香園顧家所發展的技巧，明嘉靖年間，顧家有一小妾繆氏，集傳統繡法之大乘並加以創新，形成了顧繡之始。後來顧家媳婦韓希孟以畫入繡，使布匹有如繪畫般的效果，受各人青睞。其後，顧家家道中落，顧家中人需以教授顧繡技巧為生，令顧繡的發展得以頂峰。但礙於顧繡實為官宦世家的閨閣之作，難以大量生產，結果於清末漸漸被淘汰。 In local script on record, it is written 顾绣.
Where is Gu embroidery practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Gu embroidery in People's Republic of China.
What is the current condition of Gu embroidery today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this Gu embroidery entry?
Cite as: "Gu embroidery." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/gu-embroidery, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “顾绣”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Gu embroidery is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 3 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 2
