What labels on textiles can tell us about society
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 07:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Throughout Chinese history, dynastic states used labels on textiles to spread information on the maker, the commissioner, the owner or the date and site of production. Silks produced in state-owned manufacture of the Qing carried the so-called reign-marks which globalized trade today uses as a means to confer "Chinese-ness" of its arts and crafts.