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Silk for Thrones and Altars: Chinese Costumes and Textiles from the Liao Through the Qing Dynasty

Silk for Thrones and Altars: Chinese Costumes and Textiles from the Liao Through the Qing Dynasty


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About the Book

The 77 Chinese textiles presented here are arranged and discussed in three groups. The first group consists of clothing and furnishing fabrics made for and used by the ruling elite of China. These trappings of nobility served the political and social goals of those in power. Many of the ideas embodied in these pieces can be traced to the very origins of Chinese civilization. However, as this study reveals, the manner of expressing these traditional notions changed over time. The second group contains Chinese silks found beyond the borders of the empire, specifically in Tibet, Japan and Western Europe. The presence of Chinese luxury textiles in a foreign context, whether the result of commerce or diplomacy, affected local ideas of status and prestige. While some exported Chinese fabric were manufactured to meet foreign tastes, incorporating decidedly non-Chinese notions of design and imagery, others were drawn from reserves of prestige court textiles and sent as tokens of the emperor's largesse. The last group presents textiles made for Daoist and Buddhist liturgical use. Within the Buddhist traditions of Tibet and Japan, secular textiles found new uses without losing the prestige with which they had originally been imbued.

Table of Contents:
Preface by Myrna and Samuel Myers Introduction by John E Vollmer Chronology of Chinese dynasties Silks for Court and Palace Scholarly catalogue of textiles 1 to 77 Appendix I: Court rank badges (buzi) Appendix II: Qing imperial ranks Technical Analysis Bibliography

About the Author :
John E. Vollmer, a widely recognized expert in Chinese textiles and former curator of Chinese Art at The Royal Ontario Museum, has written a definitive book on Chinese textiles, covering the period from the Song dynasty through the 18th century.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9782951883611
  • Publisher: Myrna Myers
  • Publisher Imprint: Myrna Myers
  • Height: 290 mm
  • Sub Title: Chinese Costumes and Textiles from the Liao Through the Qing Dynasty
  • ISBN-10: 2951883617
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jul 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 210 mm


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