题 目：The Empire's New Cloth: Cross-Cultural Textiles at the Qing Court / 帝国的新布料：清朝宫廷的跨文化纺织品

作 者：Mei Mei Rado

出 版：Yale University Press，2025-08  

装 帧：精装，208页

语种：英文

尺 寸：22.5*28.1 cm

内容简介：

一部关于清代宫廷纺织品作为跨文化对象的开创性研究，为理解早期现代世界的互联性提供全新视角

近代早期，奢华纺织品作为贸易商品与外交礼物在全球流通，促进了遥远地区之间的文化交流。至十八世纪，中国与欧洲皆已发展出辉煌的丝绸与挂毯织造传统。尽管中国丝绸输入欧洲的历史已得到充分研究，本书却重构了欧洲纺织品东传至中国并被融入清朝艺术文化的尘封历史。

《帝国的新衣》深入探讨清宫作坊如何改造欧洲纺织品纹样与技艺，揭示这些织物在皇家庆典、宗教空间与宫廷陈设中的特殊用途与象征意义。梅梅·拉多通过对大量未曾公开文物的细致研究，阐释这些跨文化纺织品如何成为清朝统治者传递政治讯息的视觉与物质媒介。这部精美插图著作通过展现清朝皇室赞助者与工匠如何对欧洲影响作出回应并赋予其意义，凸显了十八世纪中欧交流中的互惠性，将纺织品置于物件与思想全球流动的动态核心。

A groundbreaking study of textiles as transcultural objects in the Qing court that provides a new understanding of the interconnectedness of the early modern world

In the early modern period luxury textiles circulated globally as trade goods and diplomatic gifts, fostering cultural exchange between distant regions. By the eighteenth century, both China and Europe had developed a splendid tradition of silk and tapestry weaving. While the role of Chinese silk imports in Europe has been well studied, this book reconstructs the forgotten history of the eastward movement of European textiles to China and their integration into the arts and culture of the Qing Empire.

The Empire’s New Cloth explores how Qing court workshops adapted European textile designs and techniques and uncovers the specific uses and meanings of these textiles in imperial military ceremonies, religious spaces, and palace interiors. Through careful study of a wide range of previously unpublished objects, Mei Mei Rado illuminates how these cross-cultural textiles provided the visual and material means for the Qing ruler to convey political messages. By revealing how Qing imperial patrons and artisans responded and assigned meanings to European influences, this beautifully illustrated volume highlights the reciprocity in eighteenth-century Sino-European exchanges and centers textiles within the dynamic global flow of objects and ideas.

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