Chinese and Central Asian textiles : selected articles from Orientations, 1983-1997

230 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm. This contains selected articles from Orientations, 1983-1997, on Chinese and Central Asian textiles plus book reviews, exhibition notes, letter of editor, and a few ads. Articles: Nixon and Lang: Recycled Chinese textiles in the University of Oregon Museum of Art Wilson: Chinese painted silks for export in the Victoria and Albert Museum Ogasawara: Chinese fabrics of the Song and Yuan dynasties preserved in Japan Berger: A stitch in time: speculations on the origin of needlelooping Sonday and Maitland: The Asian embroidery technique: detached looping Krahl: Designs on early Chinese textiles Cammann: Notes on the origin of Chinese k'ossu tapestry Dubosc: A contribution to the study of Song tapestries Reynolds: A Sino-Mongolian-Tibetan buddhist applique in the Newark Museum Reynolds: Myriad Buddhas: a group of mysterious textiles from Tibet Jull and Donahue: Radiocarbon dating with accelerators methods and applications to textiles Qixin: Royal costumes of the Jin dynasty Milhaupt: The Chinese textile and costume collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Reynolds: Chinese costume at the end of the Qing dynasty: American collectors and the China silk trade Seagraves: Qing dynasty costumes from the Denver Art Museum Finlay: Chinese embroidered mandarin squares from the Schuyler V.R. Cammann collection Wilson: Cosmic raiment: daoist traditions of liturgical clothing Reynolds: The silk road: from China to Tibet - and back Krahl: Early bronze age dress Lubo-Lesnichenko: Concerning the chronology and ornamentation of Han period textiles Sheng: Chinese silk tapestry: a brief social historical perspective of its early development Vollmer: A focus on Krisna Riboud, founder and president, AEDTA, Paris Krahl: Medieval silks woven in gold: Khitan, Jurchen, Tangut, Chinese or Mongolian? Reynolds: Buddhist silk textiles: evidence for patronage and ritual practice in China and Tibet Vollmer and Simcox: Tiger-stripe patterns on Chinese textiles in the AEDTA collection Henss: The woven image: Tibeto-Chinese textile thangkas of the Yuan and early Ming dynasties. Heller: An 8th century child's garment of Sogdian and Chinese silks. …