Yujintang 58" x 11" Yun Brocade Silk Scarf with gift box

Description

Size 58" x 11"
Gift box included
China Brocade evolved from colorful silk fabrics of Song Dynasty. In Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians conquered Central China and the rulers began to decorate their official gowns with gold, which facilitated the development of Brocade with gold and silver weaving as its main characteristics. It won great favor of feudal kings and aristocrats. Brocade had been designated as tributes to the royal families respectively in Yun. Ming Qing Dynasty, the rulers of these dynasties set up official fabrics bureau in Nanjing specifically for the administration and monopoly of brocade production and marketing. There are mainly four categories in brocade: "Gold Waving", "Ku Silk Fabrics", "Ku Brocade Fabrics" and "Zhuanghua Silk Fabrics" that served as materials for emperor robe, queen dress and shawl and official gowns for ministers. The brocade described as "an inch of the silk fabrics equals to and inch of gold" by the ancient Chinese is woven by big-size wooden loons 5.6m long, 4m high and 1.4m wide operated by two workers, one above and one below. Up to now this technology hasn't been replaced by machines yet.