Miao Baby Jacket Textile

The Miao people are a linguistically and culturally related group of people dating back two millennia and recognized by the Government of China as an official ethnic minority. They live primarily in southern China in the provinces of Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangxi.

They are renowned for the production of beautiful and distinctive textiles – with superlative silk embroidery, brocading, and batik often in geometric patterns decorated with flowers, birds, and animals from the surrounding landscape.

Some of the most gorgeous examples of Miao textiles come from women’s festival costumes. Elaborately embroidered pieces are attached to jacket sleeves, fronts, or backs, or sometimes worked directly on the jacket or pleated skirt.

Important collections such as the British Museum’s consider the Miao textiles a major living art form of this enduring ethnic culture.

苗族童装。20世纪初。棉布，镶框。状况极佳。苗族作为中国的一个少数民族，可以追溯到两千年以上的历史。他们主要分布在中国南方的湖南、云南、四川和广西等省份。苗族以美丽而独特的纺织品而闻名于世，通过刺绣、织锦和蜡染，以装饰性极强的几何图案，饰以花鸟、走兽等题材。苗族纺织品主要用于妇女的节日服装上。