Cotton and silk making in Manchu China

Name/Title

Cotton and silk making in Manchu China

Entry/Object ID

TS1565.C6.C6 1980

Description

Color drawings illustrate the processes used in eighteenth and nineteenth century China to make cotton and silk cloth.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Toby Volkman, Charles Zerner

Notes

Gift of Toby Volkman and Charles Zerner, March 2026.

Lexicon

Search Terms

cotton manufacture--china, qing dynasty (china), silk industry--china

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Jean-Baptise Du Halde

Editor

Laura Casalis, Gianni Guadalupi

Publication Translator

Michael Langley

Publisher

Rizzoli International Publications

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

1980

ISBN

9780847803064

Notes

Length: 12 pages, 41 leaves of plates