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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: empire's new cloth
    sub title: cross-cultural textiles at the Qing court
  title info:
    title: Cross-cultural textiles at the Qing court
  name:
    name part: Rado, Mei Mei
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ctu
    date issued: 2025
    copyright date: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 196 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, plans ; 29 cm
  abstract: "A groundbreaking study of textiles as transcultural objects in the Qing court that provides a new understanding of the interconnectedness of the early modern world. In the early modern period luxury textiles circulated globally as trade goods and diplomatic gifts, fostering cultural exchange between distant regions. By the eighteenth century, both China and Europe had developed a splendid tradition of silk and tapestry weaving. While the role of Chinese silk imports in Europe has been well studied, this book reconstructs the forgotten history of the eastward movement of European textiles to China and their integration into the arts and culture of the Qing Empire. The Empire's New Cloth explores how Qing court workshops adapted European textile designs and techniques and uncovers the specific uses and meanings of these textiles in imperial military ceremonies, religious spaces, and palace interiors. Through careful study of a wide range of previously unpublished objects, Mei Mei Rado illuminates how these cross-cultural textiles provided the visual and material means for the Qing ruler to convey political messages. By revealing how Qing imperial patrons and artisans responded and assigned meanings to European influences, this beautifully illustrated volume highlights the reciprocity in eighteenth-century Sino-European exchanges and centers textiles within the dynamic global flow of objects and ideas"--
  table of contents: Introduction. Cross-cultural textiles and the Qing empire -- 1. Foreign splendor: European silks at the Qing court -- 2. "For his majesty's use": Western silks and Manchu rulership -- 3. Encoding global aspirations: European tapestries for the Qing emperor -- 4. Staging imperial narratives: the Qing Western tapestries -- Textile terminology and measurement systems -- Chinese glossary.
  note: Mei Mei Rado.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-cc---
    geographic code: e------
  subject:
    topic: Textile fabrics
    geographic: China
    topic: History
    temporal: 18th century
  subject:
    topic: Textile fabrics
    geographic: Europe
    topic: History
    temporal: 18th century
  subject:
    geographic: China
    topic: Court and courtiers
    topic: Clothing
  subject:
    topic: Cultural fusion
    geographic: China
    topic: History
    temporal: 18th century
  subject:
    geographic: China
    topic: History
    temporal: Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
  subject:
    topic: Textiles et tissus
    geographic: Chine
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 18e siècle
  subject:
    topic: Textiles et tissus
    geographic: Europe
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 18e siècle
  subject:
    topic: Double appartenance (Sciences sociales)
    geographic: Chine
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 18e siècle
  subject:
    geographic: Chine
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
  classification: NK8883.A1 R336 2025
  classification: 746.90951
  identifier: 9780300275148
  identifier: 0300275145
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 240726
    record change date: 20250804223604.0
    record identifier: in00005656666
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng