[Zhongguo gu dai si chou zhi zuo tu ji = Album of Chinese silk production]
[中國古代絲綢製作圖集 = Album of Chinese silk production]
- Bib ID:
- 6610509
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [China?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1850 and 1890]
- 1 album (10 unnumbered paintings) : watercolour ; 26 x 37 cm
- Series:
- Pith painting and trade art collections.
- Summary:
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A set of 10 full-page delicate gouache paintings describing the process of making silk. Each page shows a stage in the production process, such as, choosing/separating the mature silkworms, warming the trays, spinning the individual strands, winding into a 'spool', dyeing and weaving designs and drying.
- Full contents:
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- [1]. Shang se = Colouring
- [2]. Liang si = Drying
- [3]. Ran se = Dyeing
- [4]. Shai si = Drying silk
- [5]. Sao si = Spinning the individual strands
- [6]. Ran zhi she ji = Weaving designs
- [7]. Yang can = Cultivating silkworms
- [8]. Kang fa = Warming the cocoon trays
- [9]. Chan si = Winding into a spool
- [10]. Xuan Can = Choosing silkworms.
- [1]. 上色 = Colouring
- [2]. 晾丝 = Drying
- [3]. 染色 = Dyeing
- [4]. 曬絲 = Drying silk
- [5]. 缫絲 = Spinning the individual strands
- [6]. 染織設計 = Weaving designs
- [7]. 養蠶 = Cultivating silkworms
- [8]. 炕法 = Warming the cocoon trays
- [9]. 纏絲 = Winding into a spool
- [10]. 選蠶 = Choosing silkworms.
- Notes:
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- Original painting on pith paper.
- Title devised by cataloguer based on the images.
- Watercolour on pith paper backed on plain mianlin paper, pasted down with blue silk ribbon; ten pages bound in cardboard covered with red brocaded silk.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-83465725
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Album of Chinese silk production
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1960 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1890
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