Peking Handicraft

Peking Handicraft was founded in 1977 as a small importer of soft tabletop goods such as doilies and of gift items such as needlepoint pillows and hooked rugs.

About Peking Handicraft

Founded
1977
Known for
needlepoint pillows, hooked rugs and decorative home textiles

Peking Handicraft was founded in 1977 as a small importing company dealing in soft tabletop goods such as doilies and gift items such as needlepoint pillows and hooked rugs. By 2002, when owners Dicky and Annie Lo marked its 25th year, it imported gift items, decorative bedding and soft window coverings, and it owned a needlepoint factory, a hooked rug factory and a quilt factory in China.

That year the company began going by the shorter name PHI, while keeping the Peking Handicraft name in use.

Peking Handicraft questions

What is a hooked pillow?

A hooked pillow is made the way a hooked rug is: strips of material are drawn through a woven foundation fabric, and the strips build up the picture. Hooked rugs were among the goods Peking Handicraft imported from its start in 1977, and by 2002 it owned a hooked rug factory in China.

What is needlepoint?

Needlepoint is a type of embroidery, called canvas work until the early 19th century, in which wool or silk yarn is stitched over a canvas foundation of linen or cotton. There are more than 150 needlepoint stitches. Needlepoint as it is known today began in the 17th century, when embroidered upholstery led to a sturdier canvas foundation. Needlepoint pillows were among Peking Handicraft's first goods, and the company later came to own a needlepoint factory of its own in China.

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