In terms of the artistic style, Song Brocade embraces variable geometric figures as its overall framework. Such unique techniques give birth to brocade with multilayered and multicolored threads. Not only are patterns woven in a structure of warps interspersed with wefts, but multicolored shuttles are cast in different combinations as well, in order to change the colors of the pattern. Usually there are over twenty procedures involved in producing it, from filature and dyeing to its completion. The production of traditional Song Brocade entails numerous procedures. Of traditional styles and features since the Song Dynasty, it is quite different from the dazzling gold-wefted brocade and figured satins which were popular in the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties. Song Brocade produced in Suzhou is exquisite in craftsmanship and elegant in style.
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