SAINT-OUEN, FR
Details
- Dimensions
- 45.28ʺW × 0.79ʺD × 64.57ʺH
- Country of Origin
- China
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Silk
- Condition
- Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Cream
- Condition Notes
- Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. less
- Description
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Here is a large panel of rare and ancient furnishing decoration of rectangular shape in embroidered silk (nasha) polychrome, woven …
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Here is a large panel of rare and ancient furnishing decoration of rectangular shape in embroidered silk (nasha) polychrome, woven on silk gauze of eggshell color.
it is entitled "the fight of the chiefs".
a rooster and a pheasant in shimmering silk colors are fighting over a choice territory where the two phasianidae, beaks wide open, let us imagine the cacophony of their raucous and shrill cries.
the pheasant in china is the imperial symbol of authority, and the cop is the symbol of positive strength that drives away bad influences.
period : 1st third of xixth century
dimensions embroidery : height : 155cm x length : 105cm
dimensions with frame : height : 164cm x length : 115cm x depth : 2,5cm
perfect state of conservation.
nasha embroidery, known in europe as "half cross stitch on silk gauze", is a chinese embroidery technique that appeared more than two thousand years ago.
during the ming (1368-1644) and qing (1644-1911) dynasties, this technique flourished unprecedentedly, it was not only exploited for imperial furnishing and liturgical fabrics and court clothes, but also used to imitate painting or calligraphy.
it consists in embroidering threads regularly on a specific silk gauze, the embroiderer must count the number of gauze threads to fix the position of each stitch.
the paths of stitches must be parallel to the horizontal or vertical threads, the holes of gauze can not be blocked. Normally, there are 1000 to 2000 stitches embroidered in one square inch.
a large nasha embroidery is often composed of hundreds of thousands of stitches and several hundred different threads. A skilled embroiderer can only make a maximum of 3 square inches in a day. Because of this complication and difficulty, the majority of ancient nasha embroideries are small, everyday objects, except for court clothes and civil service squares. less
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