New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16
SOME OEIENTdL SILKS.

The exhibition of Chinese and japanese silks
81 the American Art Gallery fectous illustra-
ton Of the resources Of Oriental art any al the notable
exhibitions Of Chneso p0rceans and japanese curos FOR
which VIC have been indebted to Messrs Sutton Robert
son and Kirby. There palace haDstngs, curtains,
poreres Daimlo and Mandarin robes OF c0lors mar
veous their decacy for their richness decorated
with cmbToderes In gold, silver and silk, OF designs
which give free play fertile and ingenious Oriental
fancy The rare fabrics with which the gallery IL filed
form magnificent combinations OF color, inspirngy
audaeoua or Of r fascinating snbtety Shades Of red
and blue iDeImingled with beautiful yeDows haBgings
fairy idescent curtans like cOisOnne enamel and robes
which King Solomon might have envted, form series
Of glowing and splendid color schemes The
de.igna Of the decorations reveal the Oriental
eruberrce Of invention, OF the most profuse which
show landscapes and animals belonging perhaps TO the
atic properties, while others consisting or heraJdic
egns were by mandarns and Others stil por
tray the night of the swallow over the sea- the carp
mounting the current Of the river the chrysanthemum
pine tree st0rk Several OF the larger pieces curtains,
pOiere. or what not show desigus in the style Of
the Gohen tapestries. Bat both NJ. Alfred Darrell and
NJ Oonse speak OF these tapestries not merely present
Ing q resemblance 10 those OF Gobelin, but as
being essentially Go6elin tapestries cot e1-
trc,nely careful execution" says NJ. GOnse
Have the processes been imported by the Portuguese
by the Holandersi :" "The Japanese assure me that
the origin these tapestries II Chinese. All that know
IL Tia, they made IN K0tc at the end Of the six
tenth century
The alike OF Chinese ORIGIN in this exhibition
Tre, profusty embroidered than the japanese
studs Remembering tnst .iK manufacture IN China
has ranked next In importance 10 the production OF rice
for 900 Year, mi ect 10 lind the Chinese
fabrics here far superior 70 those OF japan But there
VIII he To prefer lie splendid products OF Japanese
looms. Most Of tie Chinese silks here at
triDuted to the Keen-lung period IN the
last century and thcsc from japan probably
with then although the doubtless many pieces
IN this century ami al comparatively recent there
fault Ia To found with The eIquileiy fine texture Of
these fabriGs with their royal coor1ng can
readily accept the ASSURANCE o; the exhibitors that nOJ
ing Ike Iii, array OF Oriental fairies has been before
III New YORK. NJ. Goiso explains III part why
Ooged to 70 the Orient for such ma. nhccnt exam
plP-, when he says:
One early conceive the part that siken stufs
play with people WHO have always had passion
suUptuOus NcstnIents and III country where the irt
maternal In ABUNDANT and OF superior quay Since tue
sixteenth century the rtDOHn Oh Japanese 1llks
reached even 20 Europe. Court rObes among
prescnts brought by the Grand Embassy Of 1884. Al
that tiUie Japan hsu uOin4 10 learn weay.
Ing; II Ia full possessIOu the technical means Il
douDtiuI that tire processes OI six naBuIacturc
were imported irOm China. The luxury OF the
aI1sJcrcy eIutDe, aud Tie luxury par excellence
was t,.t OF aiken rUbes.'