What this picture doesn’t tell you is that this tablecloth here is made entirely of beads!
This piece, now resting in Singapore’s Peranakan Museum, has a rather international flavour. It came from a Peranakan Chinese family in Penang, but the glass beads were specially imported from Europe.
The birds, animals and flowers depicted on the tablecloth are Peranakan fertility motifs – quite apt, since this tablecloth would have been used in special occasions like weddings!
Take an up-close look at this intricate beadwork tablecloth at the Peranakan Museum today!
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