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Nakhon Phanom pearl cloth

Nakhon Phanom pearl cloth

Pearl cloth is considered a high-class fabric. The person who will have the opportunity to wear it must be the wife of a lord of the country's governing class or a government official. The costume of government teacher of the Lao People's Democratic Republic also made of pearl cloth. In addition, important people of Bhutan use pearl cloth as a garment for decoration, etc. Pearl cloth is considered a high-class fabric because of the belief that the equipment of pearl designs are high-class appliances that are important in themselves, such as pearl-inlaid altar table, Pan Waen Fa inlaid with pearl, fan of rank with pearl inlaid handle, the scabbard of the city lord with pearl inlay, etc.

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  • Region : 
    Northeastern
  • Province : 
    Nakhon Phanom
  • Technique : 
    using 2 set of weft
  • Material : 
    Silk
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Pearl cloth is considered a high-class fabric. The person who will have the opportunity to wear it must be the wife of a lord of the country's governing class or a government official. The costume of government teacher of the Lao People's Democratic Republic also made of pearl cloth. In addition, important people of Bhutan use pearl cloth as a garment for decoration, etc. Pearl cloth is considered a high-class fabric because of the belief that the equipment of pearl designs are high-class appliances that are important in themselves, such as pearl-inlaid altar table, Pan Waen Fa inlaid with pearl, Title fan with pearl inlaid handle, the scabbard of the city lord with pearl inlay, etc.

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Information

ศูนย์หัตถกรรมวัดธาตุประสิทธิ์
  1. Chao Khun Ratchasiriwat, primate of Nakhon Phanom Province, Abbot of Wat Sawang Suwannaram
  2. Mrs. Sudchai Inthiso, Teacher of the wisdom of pearl weaving in Nakhon Phanom
  3. Mrs. Wongduean Udomdechavet, Teacher of the wisdom of pearl weaving in Nakhon Phanom