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Chiang Mai
ShoppingChiang Mai is famous for quality handicrafts. The shoppers can shop around
at the nearest city emporium or night market to purchase a variety of antiques,
silver jewellery, hill tribe opium pipes and embroidery, Thai silks and cottons,
basketry, celadon, silverware, furniture, lacquer ware, woodcarvings and parasols.
Cotton and Silk
Cotton and silk are innumerable fashion and furnishing applications. The largest
possible selection is available in San Kamphaneg.
Furniture
Chiang Mai's Ban Thawai village in Hang Dong district, is a major centre of
furniture making. Major woods and materials including Teak, rosewood and rattan.
Items may be unadorned or, especially with teak and rosewood, artfully carved
in traditional or modern designs.
Gold Plated Orchids and Butterflies
Orchids and butterflies are preserved and plated with 24-carat gold to create
unusual gift items such as necklace pendants, hairpins and earrings.
Hilltribe Products
Silver ornaments such as bracelets, necklaces, pendants, hairpins and pipes
of intricate design, and embroidered items which includes tunics, jackets, bags,
purses, caps and dress lengths.
Lacquerware
Striking black and gold designs give lacquerware its visual appeal and sheen.
This decorative art enhances items made of wood, bamboo, metal, paper and baked
clay, in the form of receptacles, ornaments and various souvenirs.
Pottery
Priced items include high fired celadon which is produced in many forms, including
dinner sets, lamp bases and decorative items.
Silverware
The finest Thai silverware is exquisite, and is made locally where certain families
have practiced their art for several generations. Traditional skills and a guaranteed
content of at least 92.5% pure silver invest bowls, receptacles and decorative
items with authentic value. Silverware artisans and their families live on Wua
Lai Road where many Silver shops are located.
Umbrellas/Parasols
These are inextricably associated with Bo Sang where villagers have been engaged
in their manufacture for at least 200 years. Both local and foreign visitors
to Bo Sang will see literally hundreds of designs and sizes ranging from the
miniature to the gigantic. All materials, silks, cottons, sa paper (manufactured
from the bark of the mul-berry tree), and bamboo are produced or found locally.
Woodcarving
Woodcarving is a traditional northern Thai art featured in numerous
temples. The gracing screens, chairs, tables, beds, indeed anything bearing
a wooden surface large enough to be carved. Carved elephants, figurines and
tableware are the famous wood-curving products.
Source: Information by Tourism Authority of Thailand
