{"id":4523,"date":"2022-01-14T23:15:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/?page_id=4523"},"modified":"2022-02-02T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:00:17","slug":"chinese-garments-textiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/recommended-books-reading-materials\/chinese-garments-textiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Books about Chinese Textiles, Garments, Costumes etc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Textiles<\/strong> are simply fabrics or cloths and are one of the oldest forms of art practiced by many cultures. Perhaps no one, however, has appreciated the art form of textiles quite as long as the Chinese. Examples of truly artistic textiles going beyond simple rugs or shirts date back in China nearly to the Stone Age. Chinese textiles have a deep history in Asian culture but were actually amongst the most powerful forces in human history as well. No kidding. It’s amazing what a good outfit can do. (Excerpt from<\/a> here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n
\"Book<\/a><\/div>China's Dragon Robes<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"5000<\/a><\/div>5000 Years of Chinese Costumes<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Chinese<\/a><\/div>Chinese & Central Asian Textiles Selected Articles From Orientations<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"China<\/a><\/div>China Chic: East Meets West<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Secret<\/a><\/div>Secret world of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Book:<\/a><\/div>Chinese Clothing: Costumes, Adornments and Culture (Arts of China)<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Book<\/a><\/div>Chinese Arts and Crafts<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Threads<\/a><\/div>Threads of Gold: Chinese Textiles: Ming to Ch'ing<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Chinese<\/a><\/div>Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"A<\/a><\/div>A Collector's Guide to Chinese Dress Accessories<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Book<\/a><\/div>Imperial Chinese Robes: From the Forbidden City<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Chinese<\/a><\/div>Chinese Clothing (Introductions to Chinese Culture)<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Book<\/a><\/div>Silk Splendour: Textiles of Late Imperial China 1644-1911<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Chinese<\/a><\/div>Chinese Silks (The Culture & Civilization of China)<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Embroidered<\/a><\/div>Embroidered Identities: Ornately Decorated Textiles and Accessories of Chinese Ethnic Minorities<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Forbidden<\/a><\/div>Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Tribal<\/a><\/div>Tribal Textiles of Southwest China: Thread Songs from Misty Land; The Philippe Fatin Collection<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"The<\/a><\/div>The Arts of China, Sixth Edition, Revised and Expanded<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Every<\/a><\/div>Every Thread a Story & The Secret Language of Miao Embroidery<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Chinese<\/a><\/div>Chinese Rank Badges: Symbols of Power, Wealth, and Intellect in the Ming and Qing Dynasties<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Book<\/a><\/div>Mongol Court Dress, Identity Formation, and Global Exchange (Routledge Research in Art History)<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\"Book<\/a><\/div>Imperial Robes and Textiles of the Chinese Court Exhibition<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Textiles are simply fabrics or cloths and are one of the oldest forms of art practiced by many cultures. Perhaps no one, however, has appreciated the art form of textiles quite as long as the Chinese. Examples of truly artistic textiles going beyond simple rugs or shirts date back in China nearly to the Stone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4834,"parent":4356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4523","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5486,"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4523\/revisions\/5486"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}