STENCIL REINFORCED WITH FINELY WOVEN SILK

Stencils with complicated designs need a reinforcement of finely woven silk (sha) to hold the fragile parts together and to keep some of the design elements from falling out. In some stencils small paper bridges are worked into the pattern and become an element of the design. This stencil of camellia, chrysanthemums and maple leaves is reinforced with sha.