Picture
1972-1976 (made)
| Place of origin |
Woven picture depicting a portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong, made of jacquard weave silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jacquard-woven silk |
| Brief description | Portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong of jacquard woven silk, based on the 1964 official portrait by an unidentified photographer, retouched by Chen Shilin, woven by Hangzhou Brocade Factory (杭州織錦廠), Hangzhou, China, 1972-76 |
| Physical description | Woven picture depicting a portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong, made of jacquard weave silk. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 毛泽东同志 / 中国杭州织锦厂制 27 x 40 公分 (woven in simplified Chinese on the bottom edge)
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| Credit line | Given by Andrew Bolton |
| Object history | Based on the 1964 official portrait by an unidentified photographer, retouched by Chen Shilin. |
| Production | Made by Hangzhou Brocade Factory 杭州織錦廠, also known as Du Jinsheng Silk Weaving Factory 都錦生絲織廠 and Hangzhou ‘East is Red’ Silk Weaving Factory 東方紅絲織廠 (1966-71) |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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| Accession number | FE.8-2001 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2001 |
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