PERUVIAN EMBROIDERY EXCELS IN TECHNIQUE 

 Ib this example of embroidery from the JuiUiard coUection, in which again the puma god supphes the motive, 

 an especial refinement of technique is used, in which the fabric under the embroidery changes from a plain web to a 

 gauze, the latter permitting the application of the decorative stitches more easily and evenly. Embroidery on 

 gauze is a very ancient art and as stiU practised by Italian peasants is known as burallo, but the introduction of 

 gauze areas into a hand loom web in this way involves a degree of skill and a refinement of workmanship which is 

 eloquent of the craft pride of the ancient Peruvian weavers. The color scheme of this fabric uses various shades 

 of blues, yellows, reds, browns for the figures, on a black ground 

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