Silver-Blue Song Brocade Teardrop Fringe Earrings

$440.00

Handcrafted to order. Leaves our bench by Thursday, 8 Oct

Complimentary shipping on orders over 300.0 USD

Made by hand — final sale. Cancel within 24 hours, before it ships. Shipping & cancellations

A teardrop of pale silver-blue Song brocade, woven with brown leaf fronds and a touch of green, sits in a slim Miao silver frame. Seven fine silver bars hang in a fringe beneath it, and the pair wears on simple silver-tone hook ear wires.

The mulberry silk brocade is woven on the loom, then cut and set into the frame by hand. Because each piece is cut from a different part of the cloth, the pattern and colour vary a little from one to the next, and photographs are for reference.

Photographs are for reference only. Each piece is made by hand, so its colour and pattern will differ a little from the one shown.

The story
Song brocade has been woven in Suzhou since the Song dynasty, a dense patterned silk valued for its soft sheen and fine, even motifs. On the loom, the weaver passes coloured threads through the cloth line by line until the pattern appears, and the finished silk is then cut and fitted into a hand-finished Miao silver frame. These fringe drops are light and move as you do, suited to day wear or an evening out. Because each earring is cut from a different part of the cloth, no two pieces show the pattern in quite the same way.
Materials
Song brocade
Mulberry silk
Miao silver
Technique
Song brocade: a patterned silk weave in which extra coloured threads are carried through the cloth to form the motif. The woven mulberry silk is cut to shape and set into a Miao silver frame.
Care
Keep dry and away from water, perfume, lotion and heat. Do not leave in strong sunlight, and keep the brocade clear of rough surfaces that could snag the threads. Wipe the metal gently with a soft dry cloth and store alone in its pouch.
Shipping & cancellations

Complimentary shipping on orders over $300. Ready-to-ship pieces leave the bench within 3 working days; pieces handcrafted to order take up to two weeks. The date for this piece is shown above.

Cancel within 24 hours of ordering, as long as it has not shipped. Each piece is made by hand, so all sales are final: no returns or exchanges for a change of mind. Full details

  • Pair of drop earrings: teardrops of pale silver-blue Song brocade with brown leaf pattern in Miao silver frames, each with a fringe of seven silver bars, on silver-tone hook ear wires, on an ivory background.
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