banner; textile; 幡(Chinese); 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.886

Period:Tang dynasty Production date:9thC-10thC
Materials:silk, bamboo, 絲綢 (Chinese), 竹子 (Chinese),
Technique:sewn, clamp resist-dyed, 縫製的 (Chinese), 夾纈 (Chinese),

Dimensions:Length: 131.50 centimetres Width: 43.60 centimetres

Description:
This is the eighth of the clamp-resist dyed banners that are made of the same textiles in identical arrangement, but now in different states of preservation. Seven of these are in the V&A and one is in the British Museum. The head of the British Museum banner is 17.4 cm in height and 34 cm in width. The face or infill is of clamp-resist dyed plain weave showing rosettes in lozenge shapes, larger ones alternatively placed with smaller ones, with a repeat of 26 cm in the warp direction and 17 cm in the weft direction. Most of the leaves are blue, however some leaves (especially those near the centre of the rosettes) are green, and these green areas have been dyed twice, with blue and yellow. Weave structures: 1. Banner top border, silk plain weave Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light brown, 74 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light brown, 42 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 2. Banner face, silk plain weave with clamp resist dyeing Warp: silk, untwisted, single, white, 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light brown, 47 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 3. Banner panel, silk plain weave Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 36 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 4. Banner panel, silk plain weave Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light yellow, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light yellow, 41 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 5. Banner panel, silk plain weave with clamp resist dyeing Warp: silk, untwisted, single, 50 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, 30 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 6. Banner panel, silk plain weave Warp: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 54 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, light red, 48 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 7. Streamer, silk plain weave Warp: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 48 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 31 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 絹制幡，包括幡頭、幡身、幡帶三部分。其幡頭部分高17.4cm，寬34.0cm，用淺棕色絹製成幡頭斜邊；幡面雙層，由一塊正方形白地夾纈絹沿對角線對折縫合而成，方形花卉紋樣，圖案經向循環爲26.0cm，緯向爲17.0cm；幡身部分則由四塊長方形織物拼縫而成，從上到下分別爲淺紅色絹、淺黃色絹、淡紅色地花卉紋夾纈絹和淡紅色絹；幡頭兩側各釘縫有一條幡帶，以藍色絹製成，左側的幡帶保存較好，長63.5cm，而右側幡帶已殘斷。此類材質和形制相同、但保存狀況不同的夾纈幡有多件，其中7件收藏於V&A博物館（LOAN:STEIN.291-296, 225），還有若干收藏在中國旅順博物館。 組織結構： 1. 淺棕色絹幡頭斜邊 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺棕色，74根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺棕色，42根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。 2. 白地花卉紋夾纈絹幡面 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，白色，54根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，白色，47根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。 3. 淺紅色絹幡身 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺紅色，54根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺紅色，36根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。 4. 淺黃色絹幡身 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺黃色，52根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淺黃色，41根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。 5. 淡紅色地花卉紋夾纈絹幡身 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，50根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，30根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。 6. 淡紅色絹幡身 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淡紅色，54根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，淡紅色，48根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。 7. 藍色絹幡帶 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，藍色，48根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，藍色，31根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
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