The History Of Velvet

The origin of velvet can be traced back to the Western Han Mirror, which was developed on the basis of the famous "Silkian" shearing in the Yuan Dynasty. It was mass produced in the Ming Dynasty and sold to Japan, Portugal, the Netherlands, Singapore, etc., especially Japanese. favorite. Velvet gradually developed from "texture" to "flowering" and "cutting flowers." And gradually perfect. "Fujian Tongzhi" described: the velvet of the Ming Dynasty "mechanized cloud steaming, robbing the heavenly work." The velvet fabrics of the Ming Dynasty are silk. After the Ming Dynasty passed to the Jiangning Weaving House in Nanjing, it was developed into a unique carved velvet in Nanjing. It was popular among the literati doctors. For a time, “Jinling Cashmere” was used, and the nobles and the nobles were all dressed to wear carved flowers. Velvet is proud. The two important velvet objects in the Ming Dynasty were the velvet crown unearthed from the tomb of Wang Xijue in Suzhou and the double-faced velvet four-in-one embroidered dragon-filled women's clothing unearthed from Beijing Ming Dingling.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the velvet velvets were distributed outside the east gate of Zhangzhou, and there were merchants swimming in the franchise. In the middle of the Qing dynasty, from the emperor, the scholar-official, down to the local official velvet, and set a tribute. Products include robes, palace clothes, horse stables, accounts, tablecloths, etc. At that time, Zeng Yi was a velvet hand. The handed down cultural relics include Qing Jingling velvet enamel gold crown, late Qing Dynasty blue velvet group Babao Da Ma Ma, Qing Guangxu purple velvet Fushou three multi-grain vests, velvet landscape axes, velvet sinking painted peacock figure axis, five bats holding Shou carved flowers and velvet.