Chinese Silk Suzhou
Embroidery featuring A Cat watching a Praying Mantis displayed in a Rotating Rosewood Frame with stand. Suzhou Embroidery in an
Ancient Technique used to produce a double sided image of equal depth
and quality. This "floating" quality is produced by working the
Mulberry Silk Threads on a transparent piece of Silk which is then placed between two plates of glass. The women of Sichuan Province have been famous for their exquisite embroidery since the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Suzhou (Su or Shu, for short) is highly prized because the artists embroider an image such as this cat on locally made satin, using silk thread, that looks the same when viewed from either side. (Silk embroidery must be done by hand because silk thread breaks in a machine.)
The work is ongoing, and more measurements are needed. "Theorists are
clever, so when we provide new data, they tweak their exotic models to
fit what we've found," Ransom said.
SCOPE
(n.) Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
(n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
(n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable
