Stitch-Resist Dyed Fabrics of Western China
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Carl Schuster describes a folk tradition of stitch-resist dyeing practiced by women in Szechuan, Kweichow and Yunnan in western China. The cloths are mostly indigo-dyed cotton bedspreads, bed valances, bundle wrappers and hangings. He explains the folding, stitching and cord-resist methods, compares them with plangi and tritik, and discusses the motifs (lotus, herons, butterflies, lions, fish, Taoist symbols). Six plates, a frontispiece and an end-piece show specimens from his 1932-1938 collection. Extensive notes cite literature on resist dyeing in China, Indonesia and West Africa.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1948
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 20
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