Highlights
Village Abstraction: Patchwork Textiles in Rural China
The historical trail of these Chinese patchworked textiles winds back almost two thousand years, with the entrance of Buddhism to China, and back at least another five hundred years in India. The tradition carried with it not only the concept of stitching together fabric scraps but also layers of meanings attached to such assembling.
Splendid Patchwork: Buddhist Monastic Robes from Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has cultivated a distinguished collection of Chinese art with notable strengths in several areas. Qing dynasty (1644–1911) silk textiles are represented with nearly one thousand works, comprising one of the largest and best collections in the West.
An Interview with Chris Hall
In the 1980s I bought both Japanese and Chinese textiles. I decided to focus on Chinese textiles because I could see there was a unique opportunity to put together a great collection whereas I could not do the same with Japanese textiles.
Rome and China: Endpoints of the Ancient Silk Roads
This article presents a range of archaeological materials from both the former territory of the Roman Empire and the People’s Republic of China.