| Silk and hemp textiles constitute a barely known aspect of the treasures from the Buddhist cave shrines near Dunhuang in western China，but these precious fabrics，representing two of the world’s major textile traditions，bring the essenceof the Silk Road vividly to light Just as silk itself is one of the marvels of humaninvention，the Dunhuang textiles in the Stein collection，some complete items，other fragments zealously conserved since antiquity，miraculously preserve agreat variety of weaving and embroidery techniques，whose great beauty andintricacy is revealed in this volume through enlarged details of each fabric.Leading an international team，Zhao Feng combines his technical expertise witha profound knowledge of and enthusiasm for ancient textiles，defining thetechniques that were needed for each of them，and reconstructing completedesigns from the surviving fragments，so that ordinary readers as well as special-Ists can fuIly appreciate the extraordinary qualities of each piece Roderick Whitfield Emeritus Professor of Chinese and East Asian Art School of Oriental and African Studies.University of London Silk is one of China’s ancient inventions Through trade，it reached into Central Asia.India，Persia and Rome，through routes collectively known as the Silk Road A great number of silk textiles have been found at Dunhuang，a major centre onthe Silk Road This book is the first comprehensive study of those silk textiles andtheir designs It brings together scholarship and art to show the brilliance and splendour of China's silk culture Rong Xinjiang Professor，Peking University |
| General Preface Xu Mingzhi Preface Neil MacGregor Mark Jones Lynne Brindley Acknowledgements Zhao Feng PART I Essay Dunhuang Textiles in London Helen Wang Helen Persson Frances Wood A Typological and Chronological Study of Dunhuang Textiles Zhao Feng Wang Le Xu Zheng The Use of Textiles as Recorded in the Documents Found at Dunhuang Bao Mingxin Shen Yan PART ll Catalogue Zhao Feng Helen Persson Xu Zheng Wang Le 1．Canopies 2．Banners 3．Sutra Covers and Wrappers 4．Polychrome Woven Silk 5．Monochrome Woven Silk 6．Clamp-resist Dyed Silk 7．Embroidered Silk PARTⅢ Complete List XuZheng Wang Le The British Museum Collections XuZheng WangLe The Victoria and Albert Museum Collections Xu Zheng Wang Shujuan The British Library Collections XuZheng YuYing PART IV Appendix 1．Concordance HelenWang WangLe 2．Chinese Glossary Kuang Yanghua 3．Bibliography Helen Wang Kuang Yanghua 4．Exhibitions of Dunhuang Textiles in London 5．List of Dunhuang Documents 6．Chronology of Chinese History 7．Index 8．Credits |
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