Straits Chinese Embroidery and Beadwork

Peter Soon, the man behind the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and the Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum in Malacca and Penang is an avid collector of rare and beautiful antiques and artefacts of the Peranakan Chinese. This book is draws from his private collection of embroidery and beadwork.

Straits Chinese Embroidery & Beadwork is a tribute to the extensive examples of Peranakan beadworks from exquisite kasot manek and elaborate tapestries and accouterments for the bridal chamber to the daintiest personal items such as tiny pouches and purses. Serving both as a pictorial and a historical guide on the rare and priceless collection from the Pinang Peranakan Mansion. Its contents, viewed from the perspective and interpretation of a Straits Chinese, are based on research, personal communications, interviews, verifications, and recollections from Babas and Nyonyas from Penang and Singapore.

This book features a magnificent and valuable collection of Straits Chinese art history, priceless craft, textiles and needlecraft of the Straits Chinese community. A fusion of both Chinese and European inspiration and influences, Straits Chinese art and craft is gaining recognition and value throughout the world and has been much sought after by connoisseurs and collectors. Besides being informative, the book also serves to preserve, photographically, the beautiful past and the traditions and aesthetics unique to the Baba Nyonya community.

Publisher: Pinang Peranakan Mansion Sdn. Bhd.

Hardback

2015

ISBN: 9789671069035