Sichuan Textiles

Sichuan textile art is based on the use of silk. The designs often featured animals, flowers, leaves, mountains, rivers, trees and human figures. These silk products were a combination of fine art and practical use, as it is used to decorate pillow cases, shoes, quilt covers, garments, and folding screens. == Brocades==

Throughout its history, Sichuan brocades developed a quality of being smooth, bright, neat, and influenced by its own geographical environment, various customs and cultures, with significant foreign influences being Sasanian, Sogdian and Hellenistic during the 1st millennium. The Sui and Tang dynasties (581–907) saw the golden age of Sichuan textile art, when it enjoyed high popularity throughout the regions immediately to the west of China (Chinese Turkestan), Central Asia and Western Asia. Novel themes and patterns from these regions were incorporated into embroidery designs during this period.), a name which betrays his Sogdian origins. A classification of various types of Sichuan brocade is found in Dunhuang manuscripts preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. == Gallery of Brocades ==

File:Sichuan brocade, animal and dancing human figures.jpg|Animals and dancing human figures, late period of the Ancient Kingdom of Shu, coinciding with the Warring States period (–221 BC). File:Sichuan brocade, animal and tree patterns.jpg|Animals and trees, unearthed at Astana Cemetery in Turpan, Chinese Turkestan; 5th–6th century. File:Sichuan brocade, winged horse (Hellenistic style).png|Winged horse within a pearl roundel, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade with double deer pattern.jpg|Double-deer-within-floral-roundel pattern, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade, double bird pattern 3.png|Double bird within a floral roundel, collection of Chengdu Museum, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade with winged horse pattern.jpg|Winged horse pattern, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade, Sasanian horsemen hunting scene.jpg|Sasanian horsemen hunting scene within a pearl roundel, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade with celestial horses and hungting scenes.png|Winged horses and hunting scenes within pearl roundels File:Sichuan brocade with a couple of geese.png|Double goose within a pearl roundel, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade with goose inside a eight-petal flower.png|Standing goose within an eight-petalled flower, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade with phoenix surrounded by grapevine circle.png|Dancing phoenix within a floral roundel, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade, double bird pattern (Sasanian style).png|Fragment with the so-called "ribbon-bearing bird" pattern, 7th–10th century. File:Sichuan brocade, 10th-13th century.png|Sichuan brocade fragment manufactured between the late 10th and late 13th century. File:Sichuan brocade, 13th-14th century.png|Sichuan brocade manufactured between the late 13th and late 14th century. File:Sichuan brocade, 19th century.jpg|Sichuan brocade manufactured in the late 19th century. == See also ==