Antique Chinese Textiles Collector Guide w Silk Robes Embroidery Ceremonial Etc

Description

Collector Bookstore
724 Delaware Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
SO-SCH-2006-0764325388-X4
Threads of Gold: Chinese Textiles by: Paul Haig, Marla Shelton
ISBN:
0764325388
Book Title:
Threads of Gold: Chinese Textiles, Ming to Ching
Author:
Paul Haig, Marla Shelton
Binding:
Hard Cover
Copyright:
2006
Pages:
304
Size:
9 x 12 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
OUR NOTES:
Appraisals of Textiles
Official Robes & Other Court Dress
Surcoats & Rank Badges
Religious Costume
Unofficial Dress Attire
Theatrical Costume
Accessories
Hangings, Frontals & Export Textiles
Unfinished & Otherwise
Language of Textiles
Bibliography
--- John Kincaid, Collector Bookstore
PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
Chinese textiles go back thousands of years. The Silk Road was named for the extensive trade in these fine materials. Due to China's size and history of successive wealthy dynasties, a vast amount of textile art is available for study today. Great tombs have yielded beautiful and dateable pieces worn and used by elite members of Chinese society. These and other fragile examples reside in museums and a few private collections.
Other examples of antique Chinese textiles are found still to be in the marketplace. While it is impossible to look at these beautiful examples and not admire the skill of the weaver and embroiderer, until now there has been little information about their history or value.
This comprehensive guide to collectible Chinese textiles with an extensive number of examples and with an understandable grading system that relates to what constitutes value. This book is beautifully illustrated with over 500 detailed photos of ceremonial court robes, badges, and decorative textiles dating from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) through the Ching dynasty, (1644-1911). It is designed for historians, Asian studies sholars, and textile collectors, from beginning to advanced, as a real-world representation of available pieces and an indepth study. It is a must for appraisers and connoisseurs alike.
510 color photos
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