Lhassa is a traditional Central Asian design embroidered on linen, worked in threads of varied thicknesses whose contrasts create a well-balanced rhythm. The variation is the craft: thick strokes anchor the motif while finer passages lighten it, so the embroidery reads with the emphasis and rest of good drawing. It brings a genuine textile tradition to the cloth in stitch rather than imitation, nomadic pattern given permanent form on honest linen.
