History of Silk (2) 丝绸的历史 (2) A number of archaeological discoveries showed that silk had become a luxury material appreciated in foreign countries well before the opening of the Silk Road by the Chinese. For example, silk has been found in the Valley of the Kings in a tomb of a ...
The caravan route across Central Asia, known as the Silk Road, took Chinese silk to Syria and on to Rome. In the 4th century bce the Greek philosopher Aristotle mentioned that sericulture was practiced on the island of Kos, but the art was evidently lost and reintroduced into Byzantium from...
The name of this passageway is therefore self-explanatory: the Hexi Corridor was a window through which China and the world reached out to each other. A vital stretch of the ancient Silk Road, it became a conduit for art, culture and trade — a witness to the will of man and the build...
Silk from China was in hot demand in Europe. Some of the exported silk was made into ready-to-wear clothes, many of which fell into the religious clothing category, before entering Europe. Embroidered fabric from China became a new fashion trend among the more privileged people in France. Ev...
Collage, (French: “pasting”), artistic technique of applying manufactured, printed, or “found” materials, such as bits of newspaper, fabric, wallpaper, etc., to a panel or canvas, frequently in combination with painting. In the 19th century, papiers
hand-to-hand spinning, and rolling on the thigh as well as about horizontal ground loom and vertical two-beam loom which came from Asia. Ancient Egyptians also used linen for bandages for mummification and for kilts and dresses. The earliest proof of silk production in China dates from between...
China silk fabric styles consist mainly of open-work silk, brocade, damask, thin silk, gauze, thick waterproof silk. The Chinese styles, Song Brocade, Yun Brocade, Shu Brocade and Zhuang Brocade enjoy a high reputation both at home and abroad. ...
Ancient China Silk The first signs of Chinese silk production , a fabric created from the filaments of silk worms, were noted in the Neolithic era around 3630 BC, when the production of silk, known as sericulture, began to gain a foothold among smaller independent farmers. The practice ...
Flax is another form of natural fabric that produces linen. Linen is also popular, as it dries quickly after interacting with water. It is also absorbent and strong. Examples of natural fabrics from animals are wool and silk. Wool is a fabric type that comes from shearing sheep. It is ...
The grain of silk, of course, is much finer than those made of wool. Some Chinese silk tapestries have as many as 60 warp threads per inch. European tapestry is woven on either a vertical loom (high-warp, or haute-lisse) or a horizontal loom (low-warp, or basse-lisse). Of the ...