Notes on the Early Usage of Flat Metallic Strips in Central and East Asian Textiles
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A short article on the early use of flat metallic (gold and silver foil) strips in Central and East Asian textiles, prompted by a Sung Dynasty embroidery of boys and flowering vines that came out of Tibet. It surveys earlier examples from Japan, Turfan, Khocho and Liaoning, in which the strips are tapestry-woven or couched. Lucy Maitland provides a stitch-by-stitch technical analysis of the embroidery on a silk gauze foundation, illustrated with five diagrams. Plates reproduce comparison textiles.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1989
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 12
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