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Analytical investigation of the feather decoration technique of a seventeenth to eighteenth century Chinese imperial hanging screen

Heritage science, 2021-07, Vol.9 (1), p.1-13, Article 82

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  • Title:
    Analytical investigation of the feather decoration technique of a seventeenth to eighteenth century Chinese imperial hanging screen
  • Author: Gu, An ; Wang, Na ; Kong, Yan-ju ; Hou, Jia-yu ; Li, Gen ; Lei, Yong
  • Subjects: 18th century ; Animal feathers ; Chemistry and Materials Science ; China ; Decoration ; Diancui ; Feather art ; Feather decoration ; Feathers ; Featherwork ; Imperial ; Materials Science ; Museums ; Pattern analysis ; Research Article
  • Is Part Of: Heritage science, 2021-07, Vol.9 (1), p.1-13, Article 82
  • Description: Decoration with feathers is a universal phenomenon in human history. Objects decorated with feathers were regarded as fine artworks and hence were enormously prized. In ancient China, dotting a surface with blue kingfisher feathers was a famous, complex and delicate decoration technique called diancui. Although various ancient diancui artworks appear in many museums around the world and researchers have realized significant results in studies of the history, technique and conservation of diancui, some key historical details are still not clear. In this research performed during restoration, an important object from the Palace Museum, the “Feather Decoration Hanging Screen with Birds and Flowers Pattern”, was analyzed by various scientific technologies. This object is a Chinese imperial artwork of the Qing dynasty (seventeenth to eighteenth century) decorated with kingfisher feathers and the feathers of several other birds, and it represents the highest level of this period. As a typical and valuable case, the results provide important clues for solving questions arising from related academic fields.
  • Publisher: Cham: Springer International Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2050-7445
    EISSN: 2050-7445
    DOI: 10.1186/s40494-021-00555-8
  • Source: Springer Nature OA/Free Journals
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