textile; 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.1130

Period:Tang dynasty Production date:8thC-9thC
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:embroidered, 刺繡 (Chinese), 绮 (Chinese), damask on plain weave,
Subjects:bird 鳥 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Length: 21 centimetres Width: 9 centimetres

Description:
A rectangular fragment, with embroidery on damask on plain weave in a faded red colour. The woven damask pattern can not be identified, but the embroidered motif is probably a peacock, standing and looking to the right. A similar image on lacquer from the same period is in the collection in Shoso-in Nara, Japan, from which the peacock pattern of this embroidery can be reconstructed approximately based on the lacquer image. Weave structures: Warp: silk, untwisted, single, red, but faded a little, 25 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, faded red; 20 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/3 twill in S direction for pattern on 1/1 plain weave for foundation. Embroidery: Threads: silk, usually plied in Z direction with 2 S-twisted silks; Colour: various colours are employed, including dark blue, blue, light blue, greenish grey, yellow, tan, brown, pink, dark red, dark green, light green etc. Stitch: all in split stitch. 長方形紅色綾地刺繡殘片，紅色已經稍有褪色。綾的圖案已不可見，但刺繡圖案應爲孔雀，可能是以右向站立的姿勢。類似的圖像可見於日本奈良正倉院同一時期的一件漆器，根據這一圖像，孔雀的原來造型可以大致被復原出來。 組織結構： 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，紅色稍褪，25根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，單根排列，紅色稍褪，20根/cm；組織：1/1平紋作地，1/3S向斜紋顯花。 刺繡： 繡線：絲，一般由兩根S撚的絲線合爲Z向的股線；色彩：有各種色彩，包括深藍、藍、淺藍、綠灰、黃、本色、褐色、粉紅、深紅、深綠、淺綠等。 針法：劈針。
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