Exquisite Fabrics: Traditional Weaving and Embroidery Patterns in China

Author:   Gao Chunming ,  John Vollmer
Publisher:   Shanghai Press
ISBN:  

9781602200012


Pages:   652
Publication Date:   16 March 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Exquisite Fabrics: Traditional Weaving and Embroidery Patterns in China


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For more than twenty-five hundred years the patterns of Chinese silk textiles captured the imaginations of their beholders. The woven and embroidered designs catalogued in Exquisite Fabrics, a survey by Gao Chunming, combine consummate mechanical and technical skill with an aesthetic vision driven by the need to communicate the most important message of Chinese culture.

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Author:   Gao Chunming ,  John Vollmer
Publisher:   Shanghai Press
Imprint:   Shanghai Press
Dimensions:   Width: 26.00cm , Height: 7.10cm , Length: 34.90cm
Weight:   5.330kg
ISBN:  

9781602200012


ISBN 10:   1602200017
Pages:   652
Publication Date:   16 March 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Contents: Volume I: Monographs 1.The Development of Weaving and Embroidery Technology 2.The Formal Elements of Traditional Patterns 3.Weaving and Embroidery Patterns through the Ages Volume II: Album of Patterns Dragon and Python Pattern Phoenix Patterns Rare Bird Patterns Auspicious Animal Patterns Flower Patterns Insect and Fish Patterns Figure Patterns Religious Patterns Geometric Patterns Allegorical Patterns

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Gao Chunmingis Director of Shanghai Art Research Institute, Research Fellow and Chief Editor of the magazineShanghai Artists.

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