Length of Silk
20th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
This long bolt of red silk is of a type called ling in Chinese. This is the name for a particularly Chinese weave structure where the design and ground are in different kinds of twill, a technique that gives a diagonal feel to the finished textile. Flowers, branches of blossom and sprays of bamboo spread across the silk, and this pattern repeats itself lengthways in bands.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plain weave silk with a twill weave pattern |
| Brief description | Bolt of silk, dark red plain weave silk with a twill weave pattern, China, 20th century |
| Physical description | Bolt of dark red silk with yellow selvedges. The silk is self-patterned with a large-scale design of different flowers. The pattern is in twill weave against a plain weave background. There is a thin paper label pasted to one end which bears two stamped characters and two written ones classifying the item. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'ti yi' (Stamped characters. A kind of classification.) |
| Gallery label | Patterned silk, particularly this colour and weight, has traditionally been woven in China for export to the bordering countries of the Himalayas and Mongolia. The Chinese material used in conjunction with local textiles is made up into clothes for special occasions. |
| Credit line | Addis Bequest |
| Object history | Registered File number 1965/3344. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This long bolt of red silk is of a type called ling in Chinese. This is the name for a particularly Chinese weave structure where the design and ground are in different kinds of twill, a technique that gives a diagonal feel to the finished textile. Flowers, branches of blossom and sprays of bamboo spread across the silk, and this pattern repeats itself lengthways in bands. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wilson, Verity. 'A Diplomat's Collection: The Chinese Textiles of Sir John Addis' in Arts of Asia vol. 33 no.2, 2003, pp.90-101, plate 11 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.103-1983 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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