Chinese Silks (Culture & Civilization of China) (The Culture & Civilization of China) - Hardcover

Zhao, Feng; Watt, James; Juanjuan, Chen; Nengfu, Huang; Kuhn, Dieter; Wenying, Li; Hao, Peng; Feng, Zhao; Li, Wengying; Chen, Juanjuan; Watt, James C. Y.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300111037 ISBN 13: 9780300111033

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Magnificently researched and illustrated book, preeminent scholars draw upon spectacular discoveries to provide the most thorough account of silk ever written. 624pp

About this title

Review:

Awarded the 2012 R. L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award given by the Textile Society of America.-- (08/26/2013)

About the Author:

Dieter Kuhn is professor emeritus of sinology, University of Wurzburg, Germany. James C. Y. Watt is Brooke Russell Astor Chairman Emeritus, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chen Juanjuan was senior research fellow, Palace Museum, Beijing. Huang Nengfu is professor at the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing. Li Wenying is deputy director, Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology. Peng Hao is professor of archaeology, Wuhan University, and senior research fellow at Jingzhou Museum, Hubei. Zhao Feng is vice director, China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou; director, Chinese Centre for Textile Identification and Conservation, Hangzhou; and professor of textile and costume history, Donghua University, Shanghai.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0300111037
• ISBN 13: 9780300111033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624