This embroidery piece is from Chinese Miao Ethnic Group.It has a history if 30 years., the woman artisan spent 1 year to finish the work.

The Miao embroidery has very long history and lasts a long stream. The Miao embroidery has very strong national style and local character. There are different ways of embroidering, and commonly used ways are: flat embroidery, plaited embroidery, knit embroidery, wound embroidery, crape embroidery, stitching embroidery, stretching embroidery, rolling embroidery, embroidery with split thread and sticking embroidery. Flat embroidery is the most commonly used methods. It is to embroider with two needles together. It's simple, ingenious and flat, which is suitable for embroidering small figures; plaited embroidery is to plait 8-12 colorful silk threads into a "braid", and circle and sew it around on cloth. Knit embroidery is to insert needle in the cloth, round thread on the needle and take out the needle; stitching embroidery is to stitch regularly all kinds of geometric figures and deformed flowers, birds, butterflies, etc. The structure should be balanced and symmetric according to the latitude and longitude lines of the cloth. Sticking embroidery is to dip such materials as silks and satins into all shapes of little pieces, join the pieces together into designs and figures on cloth, and lock-stitch the border. This kind of embroidery is rough and tasteful, and is often used on big designs and figures; crape embroidery is complicated. The first step is to plait colorful silk threads into braid like plaited embroidery, and the braid is contracted organically into figures according to the structure. Embroidery with split thread is to split thread, which is already very subtle, into several plies, and thread a needle with it to embroider all kinds of designs. This makes the designs more delicate, fine and smooth. The Miao embroidery usually use paper-cut as the base shape, and some are also embroidered spontaneously. The shapes, colors and structures are elaborately designed beforehand. Figures like unicorn, dragon, phoenix, and fish, frog, bird, butterfly, geometric figures and plant figures, which are familiar in daily life, are adopted.