When Silk Was Gold

When Silk Was Gold Central Asian and Chinese Textiles

Hardback (26 Jun 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

These tapestries, silks, embroideries and printed textiles were made by people living in the borderlands of China, produced in imperial workshops and traded along the Silk Road, or created for Buddhist monasteries, between the 8th and 15th centuries

Book information

ISBN: 9780300086720
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 746.043909510747
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 238
Weight: 660g
Height: 310mm
Width: 235mm
Spine width: 25mm