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The “Ornamental Patterns from Ancient Chinese Textiles” collection released in Beijing
2018-08-24

On August 23rd, 2018, the “Ornamental Patterns from Ancient Chinese Textiles” collection was released on the second day of Beijing International Book Fair.

The series of books focuses on ornamental patterns of silk cultural relics, collects first-hand data in large quantities and uses modern restoration techniques, trying to show the beauty of ancient silk designs and play a role in the inheritance and development of the silk cultural heritage of the motherland. Based on the age and genre of these silk cultural relics, the collection consists of ten volumes. They are intended to promote the combination of high technologies and traditional Chinese crafts such as weaving, printing & dyeing as well as embroidery, research and establish cultural works of art database, promote the optimization and upgrading of traditional cultural industries and provide the ancient silks with new vitality by making innovation on the basis of inheriting the characteristics of traditional folk arts and crafts.

About the volumes of “Ornamental Patterns from Ancient Chinese Textiles”

  • Han to Tang Dynasties

Format: 16mo

Pages: 188

List price: RMB 188 Yuan

Publication date: May 2018

  • Liao and Song Dynasties

Format: 16mo

Pages: 140

List price: RMB 168 Yuan

Publication date: June 2018

  • Jin and Yuan Dynasties

Format: 16mo

Pages: 184

List price: RMB 188 Yuan

Publication date: May 2018

  • Embroidered Accessories

Format: 16mo

Pages: 184

List price: RMB 188 Yuan

Publication date: July 2018

  • Mounting Silks

Format: 16mo

Pages: 176

List price: RMB 188 Yuan

Publication date: October 2017

  • Minority Clothing

Format: 16mo

Pages: 184

List price: RMB 188 Yuan

Publication date: June 2018

  • Monochrome Woven Silks

Format: 16mo

Pages: 208

List price: RMB 188 Yuan

Publication date: May 2018

  • Polychrome Silks

Format: 16mo

Pages: 216

List price: RMB 188 Yuan

Publication date: May 2018

  • Velvets and Carpets

Format: 16mo

Pages: 152

List price: RMB 168 Yuan

Publication date: May 2018

  • Painted Images

Format: 16mo

Pages: 224

List price: RMB 120 Yuan

Publication date: March 2016


About the author

Editor-in-chief ZHAO Feng, incumbent Curator of China National Silk Museum, Professor of Shanghai Donghua University (formerly known as China Textile University), Doctoral Supervisor, Member of the National Committee for Cultural Relics Authentication and Preservation, Chairman of International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles (IASSRT). He was the editor-in-chief of A General History of Chinese Silks, The Complete Collection of Dunhuang Silk Art, Chinese Silk Art (English version). The authors of this collection include YUAN Xuanping, WANG Le, XU Zheng, WANG Fang, GU Chunhua, SU Miao, YU Xiaoqun, MAO Huiwei, AN Weizhu, JIANG Yuqiu, MIAO Huicui, CAI Xin, WANG Lufang, ZHAO Fan, and SUN Peiyan.

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