Period:Tang dynasty Production date:7thC(late)-8thC(early)
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:woven, clamp resist-dyed, 織造 (Chinese), 夾纈 (Chinese),
Dimensions:Length: 16.70 centimetres Width: 5.60 centimetres
Description:
This rectangular fragment was originally used as suspension loop but has at some time been opened out. The plain woven silk was clamp-resist dyed in blue, leaving crescent-shaped spots in the natural colour of the silk. There are two similar pieces from Dunhuang, one in the V&A museum collection and the other, dating to the Tianbao reign (742-756), also found at the Mogao Grottoes, and now in the collection of the Dunhuang Academy. The fabric has been folded both horizontally and vertically and then diagonally to obtain mirror images of the design on either side of each fold. The textile specialist Wang Xu believes the pattern was made with two simple symmetrical blocks in one set using a special method. These textiles are from the early stages of clamp-resist dyeing, and the technique shown is akin to tie-dying. These textiles can therefore be considered as a transitional stage between tie-dyeing and clamp-resist dyeing. Weave structures: Warp: silk, untwisted, single, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, 36 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 這是兩小片狹長形平紋絹夾纈製品殘片，它們可能曾是一件幡上挂攀的兩個部分，但現在分藏于大英博物館和V&A博物館（LOAN:STEIN.555）。夾纈圖案極爲簡單，藍色地上顯白點花。類似的織物在敦煌莫高窟第122窟也曾出土過一件，現藏于敦煌研究院，時屬盛唐天寶年間。根據王序的詳細研究，這件夾纈由兩塊簡單的夾板和一種極爲特殊的折叠法加工而成。不過，王序將其作爲絞纈方法之一。事實上，由於這件作品年代較早，不僅其圖案可以視作是對絞纈的模仿，而且其工藝也可以看作是在絞纈與夾纈之間的過渡。 組織結構： 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，52根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，36根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
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![图片[1]-textile; 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.932-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_00008348_003.jpg)
![图片[2]-textile; 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.932-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_00154229_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-textile; 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.932-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/43/mid_00154230_001.jpg)
Comments:This piece was originally folded to form the hanging loop of a banner.
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:woven, clamp resist-dyed, 織造 (Chinese), 夾纈 (Chinese),
Dimensions:Length: 16.70 centimetres Width: 5.60 centimetres
Description:
This rectangular fragment was originally used as suspension loop but has at some time been opened out. The plain woven silk was clamp-resist dyed in blue, leaving crescent-shaped spots in the natural colour of the silk. There are two similar pieces from Dunhuang, one in the V&A museum collection and the other, dating to the Tianbao reign (742-756), also found at the Mogao Grottoes, and now in the collection of the Dunhuang Academy. The fabric has been folded both horizontally and vertically and then diagonally to obtain mirror images of the design on either side of each fold. The textile specialist Wang Xu believes the pattern was made with two simple symmetrical blocks in one set using a special method. These textiles are from the early stages of clamp-resist dyeing, and the technique shown is akin to tie-dying. These textiles can therefore be considered as a transitional stage between tie-dyeing and clamp-resist dyeing. Weave structures: Warp: silk, untwisted, single, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, 36 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 這是兩小片狹長形平紋絹夾纈製品殘片，它們可能曾是一件幡上挂攀的兩個部分，但現在分藏于大英博物館和V&A博物館（LOAN:STEIN.555）。夾纈圖案極爲簡單，藍色地上顯白點花。類似的織物在敦煌莫高窟第122窟也曾出土過一件，現藏于敦煌研究院，時屬盛唐天寶年間。根據王序的詳細研究，這件夾纈由兩塊簡單的夾板和一種極爲特殊的折叠法加工而成。不過，王序將其作爲絞纈方法之一。事實上，由於這件作品年代較早，不僅其圖案可以視作是對絞纈的模仿，而且其工藝也可以看作是在絞纈與夾纈之間的過渡。 組織結構： 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，52根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，36根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
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Comments:This piece was originally folded to form the hanging loop of a banner.
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