With Lee Talbot, curator, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
The fabrics that furnished upper-class Chinese homes during the Ming (1369-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties reveal the aesthetic and technical virtuosity of Chinese textile artists as well as the sumptuous lifestyles enjoyed by the elite at the time. Drawing from the exhibition "Chinese Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" and a range of Ming and Qing primary sources-including paintings, nonfiction writings, and illustrated novels-this talk considers the textiles within their original cultural, historical, and physical contexts.