Yunjin

Yunjin, also called cloud brocade,[1] is a traditional Chinese silk brocade made in Jiangsu since the end of the Song dynasty,[2] and based on weft-weaving techniques from both the Song and Tang dynasties.[1] It is shuttle-woven, and often incorporates gold and silver threads with the coloured silks.[3] During the Ming dynasty, the yunjin weavers developed a technique of swivel weaving that enabled them to weave colourful designs onto a base fabric in other weaves, such as satin.[4] Nanjing Yunjin Museum is currently the only specialized museum in Yunjin.

Dragon robe of the Qianlong Emperor (1711–99) in Yunjin brocade at the Grassi Museum in Leipzig

References

1. Lam, Peter Y. K. (2009). 朝天錦繡: 昇雯閣藏明清宮廷服飾. 香港中文大學文物舘. ISBN 9789627101895.
2. "Jiangsu Silks". China's Foreign Trade. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (164–175): 252. 1991.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Dieter Kuhn (1997). "Textiles in China". In Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer. p. 959. ISBN 9780792340669.