Chinese Silks / Edited by Dieter Kuhn ; Chinese edition edited by Zhao Feng ; Foreword by James C.W...
Chinese Silks / Edited by Dieter Kuhn ; Chinese edition edited by Zhao Feng ; Foreword by James C.W...
Chinese Silks / Edited by Dieter Kuhn ; Chinese edition edited by Zhao Feng ; Foreword by James C.W. Watt ; Contributions by Chen Juanjuan, Huang Nengfu, Dieter Kuhn, Li Wenying, Peng Hao, Zhao Feng.
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Publisher
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2012.
Call Numbers
GQ 2013/226
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xix, 571 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Reading the Magnificence of Ancient and Medieval Chinese Silks -- Fashionable Weaves and Ingenious Craftsmanship / Dieter Kuhn -- The Origins of Sericulture and Silk Weaving-From Antiquity to the Zhou Dynasty / Peng Hao -- Silk Artistry of the Qin, Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties / Li Wenying -- Silk Ar...
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2012.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2012.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Over the past fifty years, archaeological explorations in China have unearthed a wealth of textile materials, some dating as far back as five thousand years. In this magnificently researched and illustrated book, preeminent Chinese and Western scholars draw upon these spectacular discoveries to provide the most thorough account of the history of si...
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Full title
Chinese Silks / Edited by Dieter Kuhn ; Chinese edition edited by Zhao Feng ; Foreword by James C.W. Watt ; Contributions by Chen Juanjuan, Huang Nengfu, Dieter Kuhn, Li Wenying, Peng Hao, Zhao Feng.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
The culture & civilization of China.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-534) and index.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2013/226
Record Identifier
74VveKor70BA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VveKor70BA
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ISBN
0300111037 (alk. paper)
9780300111033 (alk. paper)
DDC
746.04390951
MMS ID
991017021529702626
