Sober Luxury: Three Examples of Late Kesi Silk Tapestries in the Náprstek Museum

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sober Luxury: Three Examples of Late Kesi Silk Tapestries in the Náprstek Museum

Original language description

The Chinese silk tapestry called kesi represents a traditional method of weaving with distinguished visual effects. Based on ancient Near East weaving techniques is developed in China during the late first millennium into a unique and highly appreciatedapplied art. Kesi tapestry was woven with small bobbins on frames. It resembled embroidery, but it is distinguished by its typical aesthetic appeal, its delicacy and time consuming labour of the weaver. Its use ranged from decorative hangings to men?s and women?s clothing. The kesi hangings functioned visually as paintings. Its aesthetic and social meaning merged with that of painting. Examples of the Chinese silk tapestry from the late 19th and the 20th century in the Náprstek Museum show three technological and visual possibilities of the technique. A rank badge worn on a coat of a Chinese official during the late 19th century, a 1920s?1930s dress of a fashionable lady, and a souvenir hanging from the second half of the 20th century.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Annals of the Náprstek Museum

ISSN

0231-844X

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Volume of the periodical

34

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

19-29

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