Title
1 box of metal purl
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Singapore and Penang
Material
Dimension
Object size: Pls refer to individual dimensions
Accession No.
2017-00440
Collection of
This box contains gold purl wrapped in tissue. Purl threads are fine, coiling metal wires without a thread in the middle. They were known as gim kasar and giem kembang, where ‘gim’ meant gold. Different types of purl thread were often used together in nyonya embroidery to achieve a range of effects. Examples in this group demonstrate the variety of colours, thread and bead types available to embroiderers in Penang and Singapore.
