The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 2
- Circa 1820 – 1870
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Small JPG1200 x 1745px — 296 KBLarge JPG2880 x 4188px — 1.6 MBFull-sized JPG5983 x 8701px — 6.5 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 5983 x 8701px — 149 MBVolume two of five brocade-bound sets of 60 Chinese watercolor paintings. The watercolors show, in chronological order, the process of producing Ramie cloth, a silk-like fabric, in China during the 1820s. The collection is accompanied by a transcription of hand-written text, describing the steps in Ramie cloth production. These works are part of a long lineage of works by Chinese artists that depict the various processes in the production of materials from China.
These elaborate paintings were made on pith paper supports, a paper-like product made from the pith of a small tree. Pith was a popular painting support of Chinese export paintings as it was a sumptuous but inexpensive form of locally made paper, an alternative to pricier imported European paper. The pith paper paintings are secured onto the album pages with thin, blue silk tapes.
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Studio of Sunqua. The Story of Ramie From Seed to Finished Garment Book 2. Pith paper, watercolor (paint), circa 1820–1870. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/p1z2yov.
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