Yunjin

Yunjin (云锦)
Dragon robe of the Qianlong Emperor (1711–99) in Yunjin brocade at the Grassi Museum in Leipzig
Traditional Chinese雲錦
Simplified Chinese云锦
Literal meaning"Cloud brocade"

Yunjin (Chinese: 雲錦), Nanjing brocade or cloud brocade,[1] is a traditional Chinese luxury silk brocade made in Nanjing since the end of the Song dynasty,[2] and based on weft-weaving techniques from both the Song and Tang dynasties.[1] It is shuttle-woven, and often incorporates gold and silver threads with the coloured silks.[3] During the Ming dynasty, the yunjin weavers developed a technique of swivel weaving that enabled them to weave colourful designs onto a base fabric in other weaves, such as satin.[4] In 2009, Nanjing brocade was selected into the representative list of oral and intangible heritage of humanity at UNESCO.[5]

  1. ^ a b Lam, Peter Y. K. (2009). 朝天錦繡: 昇雯閣藏明清宮廷服飾. 香港中文大學文物舘. ISBN 9789627101895.
  2. ^ "Jiangsu Silks". China's Foreign Trade. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (164–175). China Council for the Promotion of International Trade: 252. 1991.
  3. ^ "ÖйúÄϾ©ÔƽõÍø". Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Dieter Kuhn (1997). "Textiles in China". In Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer. p. 959. ISBN 9780792340669.
  5. ^ "Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade". UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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