Research on Brocade - Silk Material for Mounting Traditional Chinese Calligraphy and Painting

Abstract:

Aiming at the typical fabric style and pattern features of silk material for mounting traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting, this paper starts from brocades mainly used in mounting traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting, as well as analyzes the features, varieties and pattern types of brocade (material used for mounting). Through the research, the author discovers that two types of brocades are used more frequently in mounting, namely brocade of middle-sized pattern and brocade of small-sized pattern, while pattern types mainly include geometric motifs, plant motifs and fauna motifs, as well as treasures and characters.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1048)
• Pages: 52-56
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1048.52
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Chun Hua Gu*
• Keywords: Brocade, Mounting, Pattern, Silk Material, Traditional Chinese Calligraphy, Traditional Chinese Painting

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