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embroidery</b>, as one of the traditional <a href="/wiki/Folk_art" title="Folk art">folk arts</a> of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, together with <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_embroidery" title="Cantonese embroidery">Cantonese embroidery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sichuan_embroidery" title="Sichuan embroidery">Sichuan embroidery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suzhou_embroidery" title="Suzhou embroidery">Suzhou embroidery</a>, is regarded as the four most distinguished embroidery styles in China. It is a general name for the embroidery products which rise from and are mostly produced at <a href="/wiki/Changsha" title="Changsha">Changsha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>, with distinct characteristics of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chu culture (page does not exist)">Chu culture</a>. Hunan embroidery is particularly famous in embroidering with <a href="/wiki/Silk_thread" class="mw-redirect" title="Silk thread">silk thread</a>, and the patterns have a high sense of reality. In 2006, Hunan embroidery was selected into the first batch of national <a href="/wiki/Intangible_cultural_heritage" title="Intangible cultural heritage">intangible cultural heritage</a> list.<sup id="cite_ref-list_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-list-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the embroidery unearthed from Chu tomb in 1958 in Changsha, Hunan, a conclusion can be drawn that the embroidery technology had developed to certain extent in some local places of Hunan early back to <a href="/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period" title="Spring and Autumn period">the Spring and Autumn period</a>, existing in over two thousand five hundred years ago. The forty pieces of embroidered garments excavated from <a href="/wiki/Mawangdui" title="Mawangdui">Mawangdui Han Tomb</a> in Changsha in 1972, have also evidenced the excellence of the embroidery technology boomed in local places of Hunan during the <a href="/wiki/Western_Han_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Han Dynasty">Western Han Dynasty</a> some two thousand and a hundred years ago. In the long developing course afterwards, Xiang Embroidery gradually cultivated its simple and graceful style.<sup id="cite_ref-wenhua_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wenhua-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 24th year of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Guangxu_Emperor" title="Guangxu Emperor">Gangxu</a>'s reign (1898), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wu_Hancheng&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wu Hancheng (page does not exist)">Wu Hancheng</a>, son of the embroiderer Hu Lianxian, established in Changsha the first embroidery workshop, named “<a href="/w/index.php?title=Wu_Caixia_Embroidery_Workshop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wu Caixia Embroidery Workshop (page does not exist)">Wu Caixia Embroidery Workshop</a>” and with its products produced and marketed all by itself. And thanks to the embroideries produced there, Xiang embroidery was widely spread and made its name throughout the nation. At the end of Guangxu period, the folk art of Xiang Embroidery developed a particular embroidery system and became the incubator of market-oriented handicrafts with strong local characteristics of Hunan area different from other types of embroidery. Since then, the term “Xiang Embroidery” has been born and widely used. </p><p>The book of Changsha County written in the <a href="/wiki/Tongzhi_Emperor" title="Tongzhi Emperor">Tongzhi</a> period of late <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing Dynasty</a>, said, “In the provincial capital, women prefer embroidering to spinning, and the powerful or rich families highly praise and give great honor to embroidery.” Changsha County is the traditional base of Xiang embroidery with the name of “Home of Xiang Embroidery”, where the majority of peasant women work in embroidery. By the end of Qing Dynasty, the number of embroidery workshops had increased to 26 in Changsha County, the embroidery craftsmen had reached tens of thousands of people and the annual output of embroideries exceeded 20 thousand pieces, among which the bulk are used as daily necessities such as the quilt sheet or the pillowcase and the minority are exquisite and high quality screen covers.<sup id="cite_ref-book_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1930s, the highest production value of Xiang Embroidery can reach up to 800 thousand silver dollars, and one third of it is exported abroad. During decades after liberation, Xiang Embroidery had achieved remarkable progress and been put into the list of “the four famous Chinese embroideries”, attributing to its unique style and superb embroidery technology. What’s more, it has also become the art name card of Hunan province or even the nation, with an annual total export of 5 million US dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-wenhua_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wenhua-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The proficient manipulation of different shades of grey, black and white and the natural chiaroscuro in Xiang Embroidery both enhance its texture and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stereoscopic_effect&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stereoscopic effect (page does not exist)">stereoscopic effect</a>; the combination of the void and the solid in its structure makes a good use of emptiness on the embroidery cloth, thus highlighting the subject. In addition, borrowing skills of traditional painting, Xiang Embroidery has also given full play to the embroidery technology. Therefore, it finally forms a realistic, bright and simple style strongly affected by the local culture of Hunan and has the simplicity and elegance of Chinese <a href="/wiki/Wash_(visual_arts)" title="Wash (visual arts)">wash painting</a> on the other hand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thread">Thread</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Thread"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Xiang embroidery uses pure silk, hard <a href="/wiki/Satin" title="Satin">satin</a>, soft satin, transparent <a href="/wiki/Gauze" title="Gauze">gauze</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nylon" title="Nylon">nylon</a> as its materials as well as a variety of colorful silk threads. Traditional Xiang Embroidery uses threads in a very distinctive way—the thread is firstly boiled with Gleditsia and then wiped with <a href="/wiki/Bamboo_paper" class="mw-redirect" title="Bamboo paper">bamboo paper</a>, which prevents the thread from pilling and thus is convenient for embroidering. In Xiang Embroidery, there is a special type of thread—in one thread dyed one color with different shades of that color, by which the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sfumato_effect&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sfumato effect (page does not exist)">sfumato effect</a> can be presented after the embroidering finished. In addition, Xiang Embroidery is also renowned for its careful thread splitting technique,<sup id="cite_ref-permit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-permit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making the thread as thin as hair. And people call the embroidery using this kind of thread “Yang Mao Xi Xiu”. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stitch">Stitch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stitch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 72 types of stitches in traditional Xiang Embroidery including <a href="/w/index.php?title=You_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="You stitch (page does not exist)">You stitch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mao_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mao stitch (page does not exist)">Mao stitch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peng_hair_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peng hair stitch (page does not exist)">Peng hair stitch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Qi_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qi stitch (page does not exist)">Qi stitch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ping_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ping stitch (page does not exist)">Ping stitch</a>(flatting stitch), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang stitch (page does not exist)">Wang stitch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dazi_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dazi stitch (page does not exist)">Dazi stitch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Random_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Random stitch (page does not exist)">random stitch</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Wire_stitch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gold Wire stitch (page does not exist)">Gold Wire stitch</a>, etc. and they can be divided into five major types: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Flat_embroidery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flat embroidery (page does not exist)">flat embroidery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brocade_embroidery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brocade embroidery (page does not exist)">brocade embroidery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mesh_embroidery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mesh embroidery (page does not exist)">mesh embroidery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Twist_embroidery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Twist embroidery (page does not exist)">twist embroidery</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Knot_embroidery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Knot embroidery (page does not exist)">knot embroidery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stitch_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stitch-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subject">Subject</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Subject"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Xiang Embroidery, Landscape, animals and characters are common subjects, and the <a href="/wiki/Peony" title="Peony">peonies</a>, tigers, cats, dogs and <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragons</a> are the most representative designs characterized by rich changes in the layering of the colors and the high sense of painting. Embroidering landscape is relatively easier than embroidering animals, but characters are the most difficult ones to embroider with its higher requirements for the density of the thread, furthermore, it’s not easy to capture the characters’expression. </p><p>The expression “Su Embroidery’s cats and Xiang Embroidery’s tigers” circulated in the folk is a high praise for the excellence of Su Embroidery in embroidering the animal cats and Xaing Embroidery in tigers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use">Use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Xiang embroidery crafts include valuable works of art, as well as materials for daily use, such as screens, quilt sheets, pillowcases, back cushions, tablecloths, handkerchiefs, embroidered shoes, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Achievements">Achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Xiang Embroidery attracts people both at home and abroad. Xiang Embroidery was praised “the threads have flawlessly and fluently covered the sketches”at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nanyang_Industrial_Exposition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nanyang Industrial Exposition (page does not exist)">Nanyang Industrial Exposition</a> in Nanjing In 1910. In 1915, Xiang Embroidery works won 4 more medals at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Panama_Expo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panama Expo (page does not exist)">Panama Expo</a> held in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">America</a>. In the 1930s, the portrait of <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> embroidered by the Xiang Embroidery artist, Yang Peizhen, was sent as a personal present to President Roosevelt and is still now being showcased in the “Little White House” museum, an exhibition for the life story of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, in the southeast of the US.<sup id="cite_ref-Roosevelt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roosevelt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inheriting the traditional embroidery craftsmanship, Xiang Embroidery has made another breakthrough and created a sophisticated new type of embroidery: the Double-sided disparate embroidery, that is, in one piece of cloth, while one side of the embroidery is finished, the other side is simultaneously completed but with different colors or designs. In that sense, there is no such a thing as the obverse side or the reverse side since both sides depict a thing. The representative splendid works of this type have <i>Lady Yang</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-yang_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yang-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Hua Mulan</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-huamulan_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huamulan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Viewing the Moon</i><sup id="cite_ref-wangyue_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wangyue-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of continuous dedication to Xiang Embroidery, Xiang Embroidery has moved towards a <a href="/wiki/Decorative_arts" title="Decorative arts">decorative art</a> and collection art from the practical art of living, and is often chosen as good presents which indicate the workmanship level and carry the culture of the place creates it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exhibition">Exhibition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Exhibition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To protect and inherit the national intangible cultural heritage and revitalize the Xiang embroidery industry, Mr. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mao_yongzhen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mao yongzhen (page does not exist)">Mao yongzhen</a>, the chairman of TianLi Xiang Embroidery Co. Limited, established the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hnemb.com/channels/125.html">Shaping Xiang Embroidery Museum in Hunan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-yanjiusuo_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yanjiusuo-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is conferred “the first batch of civilian-run museums in Hunan” by the Hunan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage, that is, it is the first private supporting museum for the Xiang Embroidery industry in Huan. The establishment of the museum was planned in 2006 and wasn’t completed until 2010. Its predecessor was WuyiRoad TianLi Xiang Embroidery Art Gallery. The museum has now been rebuilt on the northwest corner of Xiang Embroidery Cultural Square and has been open to the public since May 18, 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_City" title="Embroidery City">Embroidery City</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xiang_embroidery&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-list-1"><span 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embroidery">Suzhou</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xiang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_embroidery" title="English embroidery">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_of_India" title="Embroidery of India">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_embroidery" title="Islamic embroidery">Islamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobean_embroidery" title="Jacobean embroidery">Jacobean</a></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Sashiko" title="Sashiko">Sashiko</a></i></span> <ul><li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kogin-zashi" title="Kogin-zashi">Kogin-zashi</a></i></span></li></ul></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaitag_textiles" title="Kaitag textiles">Kaitag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantha" title="Kantha">Kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasuti" title="Kasuti">Kasuti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_embroidery" title="Korean embroidery">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_embroidery" title="Macedonian embroidery">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountmellick_embroidery" title="Mountmellick embroidery">Mountmellick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_embroidery" title="Persian embroidery">Persian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rasht_embroidery" title="Rasht embroidery">Rasht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermeh_embroidery" title="Sermeh embroidery">Sermeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistan_embroidery" title="Sistan embroidery">Sistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zardozi" title="Zardozi">Zardozi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opus_Anglicanum" title="Opus Anglicanum">Opus Anglicanum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushnyk" title="Rushnyk">Rushnyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewed_muslin" title="Sewed muslin">Sewed muslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_embroidery" title="Ukrainian embroidery">Ukrainian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_embroidery" title="Vietnamese embroidery">Vietnamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyshyvanka" title="Vyshyvanka">Vyshyvanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Embroideries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butler-Bowden_Cope" class="mw-redirect" title="Butler-Bowden Cope">Butler-Bowden Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_carpet" title="Bradford carpet">Bradford carpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland">Great Tapestry of Scotland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland:_People%27s_Panel" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel">Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Embroidery" title="Hastings Embroidery">Hastings Embroidery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hestia_Tapestry" title="Hestia Tapestry">Hestia tapestry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta_(An_Embroidery)" title="Magna Carta (An Embroidery)">Magna Carta (An Embroidery)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Layton%27s_embroidered_jacket" title="Margaret Layton's embroidered jacket">Margaret Layton's jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_Tapestry" title="New World Tapestry">New World Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overlord_Embroidery" title="Overlord Embroidery">Overlord Embroidery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxburgh_Hangings" title="Oxburgh Hangings">Oxburgh Hangings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestonpans_Tapestry" title="Prestonpans Tapestry">Prestonpans Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quaker_Tapestry" title="Quaker Tapestry">Quaker Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Diaspora_Tapestry" title="Scottish Diaspora Tapestry">Scottish Diaspora Tapestry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fragments_of_a_Cope_with_the_Seven_Sacraments" title="Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments">Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Designers<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and embroiderers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emilie_Bach" title="Emilie Bach">Emilie Bach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Conrad" title="Leon Conrad">Leon Conrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahin_Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki" title="Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki">Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaffe_Fassett" title="Kaffe Fassett">Kaffe Fassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juanita_Growing_Thunder_Fogarty" title="Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty">Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Howard_(artist)" title="Constance Howard (artist)">Constance Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Leavitt-Imblum" title="Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum">Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lesage" title="François Lesage">François Lesage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Macbeth" title="Ann Macbeth">Ann Macbeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Morris" title="May Morris">May Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Newbery" title="Jessie Newbery">Jessie Newbery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahtab_Norouzi" title="Mahtab Norouzi">Mahtab Norouzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetiana_Protcheva" title="Tetiana Protcheva">Tetiana Protcheva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Germain_de_Saint_Aubin" title="Charles Germain de Saint Aubin">Charles Germain de Saint Aubin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Turner" title="Mary Elizabeth Turner">Mary Elizabeth 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