What is an embroidered pier?

Embroidered pier, also known as drum pier or sitting pier, as the exclusive seat for women, is generally placed in women's boudoir.

There are nearly 100 descriptions of qing dynasty furniture in A Dream of Red Mansions, involving beds, console tables, chairs and stools, shelves, cabinets, screens, lacquer boxes, embroidered piers, etc., with different materials, techniques and shapes.

In the 38th chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, there is a description: "Jia Mu and Xiang Yun, Bao Chai, Lin Daiyu and other sisters are tasting wine and reciting poems in the Grand View Garden." Because Lin Daiyu didn't eat much wine and crabs, she made herself an embroidered pier, sat on the railing and fished with a fishing rod. "It can be seen that the embroidered pier is a backrest-less seat, which is very convenient to put wherever it needs to be.

In the eighty-fifth chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, "Jia was promoted to be a doctor and Xue was sent back to China", there was also a description of the embroidered pier: "After Jia She and others returned the ceremony. The king of Beijing ordered eunuchs to hold a banquet in the old place, leaving only Baoyu to sit here and chat. Baoyu kowtowed and thanked him, sat on the embroidered pier by the door and said something like reading and writing. " Embroidered pier is an important seat in Ming and Qing dynasties, which can be seen.