Velvet Treasures

Green area broken branches chrysanthemum Zhangzhou velvet
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, the Palace Museum collection of green warp, weft knitted warp four twill solid ground, and with green velvet warp and false weft interwoven into green fluff ground, silver as weft and green weft woven into a diamond frame, the skeleton with green, red, yellow, white velvet warp and false weft interwoven into the meaning of "longevity" broken branches chrysanthemum pattern. Two rows of patterns a cycle, a row of red, a row of yellow, staggered up and down to form four continuous patterns. This is the Zhangzhou velvet of the Qianlong period, is the first choice for making MATS.
White moon bat qing Yi swastika pattern hidden flower Zhangzhou velvet
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu, Palace Museum collection.
Blue warp, weft woven four twill consolidated ground, with the moon white velvet warp and false woven weft interwoven into the moon white velvet circle and carved velvet circle of fluff flowers. The pattern is three rows in a cycle, one row for the Ruyi cloud head pattern, two rows for the bat qing pattern, three rows for the swastika ribbon pattern. The decoration is arranged up and down, which means "Fuqing Ruyi" and "Wanfu Ruyi". This Zhangzhou velvet composition is full and clever, flowers, clear, smooth lines, regular patterns, is the Guangxu years woven Zhangzhou velvet treasures.