Selling a collection of antique Chinese and Japanese embroidery Sublime antique Japanese embroidered shawl - Meiji era This shawl is an absolute work of art and its beauty is beyond words. Japanese antique embroidered shawl made for the western market circa turn of the century. Has a rectangular shape with fringes at both ends. Exquisitely embroidered on ecru color silk de Chine it has two different motifs - a branch of apple blossoms and a vignette of Japanese landscape with waves, apple blossoms, mountains and swallows. It is executed with padded stitch in a stunning palette of delicate colors of pink, cream, beige, sienna and tiny blue accents.