IMPERIAL CHINESE ROBES FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY.

WILSON, Ming (Ed.), Zheng Xinmiao, Mark Jones (Fore.), Yan Yong, Ruan Weiping, Zhang Qiong, Yin Anni.

ISBN 10: 1851776206 / ISBN 13: 9781851776207

Published by V & A Publishing, London, 2010

About this Item

4to. pp 120. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Includes loosely inserted exhibition booklet.ISBN: 9781851776207 Near fine in lightly rubbed at edges with a small nick at front cover, very good plus dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # C66862

Bibliographic Details

• Title: IMPERIAL CHINESE ROBES FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY.
• Publisher: V & A Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851776206
• ISBN 13: 9781851776207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Focusing on the dress and accessories of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), this exquisite book captures the grandeur of the garments worn by emperors and empresses for defined formal engagements. In Qing dynasty China, there were clear rules on what to wear on different occasions. Official dresses were worn when the emperor performed sacrifices at the Temple of Heaven and at other important rituals. Auspicious dresses were for New Year, birthdays and weddings. Military dresses for troop inspection; travelling dresses for hunting and royal visits to provinces, and ordinary dresses for events of a non-celebrative nature, such as mourning. When not performing public duties, however, the imperial family could freely choose which garments to wear - and this book also illustrates these more casual clothes with colourful and stunning fashion dresses made for the court ladies.

About the Author

Ming Wilson is Senior Curator in the Asian Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where she is responsible for the Chinese collection. Verity Wilson worked for 25 years at the V&A as a curator in the Far Eastern Department. She is the author of Chinese Dress (V&A 1997) and Chinese Textiles (V&A 2005) and co-author of World Dress Fashion in Detail (V&A 2002).