Chinese folk designs : a collection of 300 cut-paper designs used for embroidery together with 160 Chinese art symbols and their meanings PDF
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CHINESE FOLK DESIGNS W.M.Hawley A 300 Collection of Cut-Paper Designs W. M. HAWLEY CHINESE FOLK DESIGNS A COLLECTION OF CUT-PAPER DESIGNS 300 USED FOR EMBROIDERY Together with CHINESE ART SYMBOLS 160 and their meanings DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW YORK + liu > 1t ** © Copyright 1949 by \V. M. Hawley. All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyrighi Conventions. Published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd., 30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario. Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, Ltd.. 10 Orange Street, London WC 2. This Dover edition, first published in 1971, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by the author in 1949. dover'TtciorialoArchtveseries Chinese Folk Designs belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. Up to ten illustrations from this book may be reproduced on any one project or in any single publication, free and without special permission. Wherever possible include a credit line indicating the title of this book, author and publisher. Please address the publisher for permission to make more extensive use of illustrations in this book than that authorized above. The republication of this book in whole is prohibited. International Standard Book Number: 0-486-22633-6 Library ofCongress Catalog CardNumber: 77-179790 Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications. Inc. 180 Varick Street New York, N. Y. 10014 A WORD ABOUT THE HUA YANG 1E& PATTERNS This book achieves the impossible in that it presents an entirely untouched and long ignored aspect of Oriental art: paper cutting. Since the Mongol Dynasty, scholars and scientists of every race and persuasion - lay and religious - have returned from China with examples of that nation's skills; few have so much as made reference to the subject covered in this book. The Chinese themselves totally neglected to include this art, in this utilitarian phase, in their exhaustive art literature, perhaps because of its obvious peasant origin and because primarily it is only an intermediate step in the production of what they consider a superior handicraft: their rich embroideries. Chinese embroidery patterns fall into two categories those which are sketched, a device used on larger projects, and the huayang which are used for small articles of everyday use: women's and child- ren's footwear, children's caps and dresses, aprons ... It is the huayang with which we are herein concerned. The hua yang designs are cut freehand with scissors, as we cut silhouettes, but perhaps a stack of several at one time. Most are so intricate as to preclude more than a very few being produced at one cutting. However, coarser designs are turned out in some volume by the use of chisels and small knives. Plate 2.48 shows this method. It is not known where these cut paper designs originated, the date of their beginning, or when they first were adapted to the del- icate needs of the embroiderer. Evidence exists that they have been in common use for many centuries. Prototypes, still found in every Chinese province and village, are the red and gilt paper charms and household gods of festive and ritual use, particularity in evidence dur- the New Year celebrations. Huayang from Honan {i^j - 2.56) show the connecting link, being adaptable to both purposes: pasting on silk to embroider over, or on walls as charms. Reproductions are full size. This exceptionally fine collection was gathered by Wang Li-an and Huang Chung over a period of years, from the following Southern and Eastern provinces Kiangsu plates 1-151, Chekiang 152. - 106, Kiangsi 2.07-246, Honan 2.47-2.56, Kweichou 2.57-2.60, Anhwei 2.61 - 300. It is hoped that this presentation will furnish new inspiration to students in many fields of artistic endeavor. W. M. Hawley September 1949. 2 INDEX TO THE SUBJECTS REPRESENTED See the Supplement foi additional symbols and theii significance. Bamboo 64, 226 Landscapes 36, 164, 168, 171, 177, 182, Barberry 55, 56, 119, 219 186, 188, 190, 194, 195, 196, 200, 202, 239 Basket of Flowers 8, 22, 35, 47, 60, 68, 2S2 Lion 13, 54 n Bat 10, 98, 108, 152, 166, 208, 237, 259, 274 Lobster Beans 224 Longevity 10, 48, 61, 100, 108, 120, 166, Birds 23, 39, 43, 51, 55, 58, 83, 88, 99, 107, 206, 259, 263, 274, 287 118, 122, 131, 133, 136, 137, 139, 144, 150, Lotus 98, 129, 151, 221, 244, 284 168, 172, 261 Monkey 170, 260, 297 Boats 15, 29, 83, 153, 164, 171, 196, 201 Mystic Symbols 258, see supplement Boys 32, 282, 284 Orchid 225 Bridal chair 257 Ox 261 Butterflies 3, 6, 18, 23, 28, 52, 57, 64, 75, Parrot 16 87, 116, 173 Peach 214 Cabbage 19, 227 Pearl 61, see also Dragons Camellia 24 Persimmon 218 Cat 121 Persons 262, 265, 267, 270 to 278, 280 to Characters 23, 89, 114, 249 to 256 286, 288 to 300, see also Folklore, Boys Charms 151, 249 to 258, 300 Phoenix 9, 31, 44, 48, 66, 81, 102, 126, Chickens, Cocks 14, 26, 62, 69, 77 154, 162 Chrysanthemums 52, 85, 90, 97, 145, 161, Pig 176, 298 208, 238 Pink 50 Citron 38, 103, 175, 237 Plumblossoms 2, 42, 51, 70, 130, 147 Coins 10, 80, 98, 108, 109 Pomegranite 25 Crab 71 Pumpkin 116 Deer 167 Rabbits 127, 135, 203 Dragons 1, 20, 46, 59, 81, 93, 102, 155, Rat 95 166, 174 Rebuses 89, 114, 284 Ducks 21, 113, 146, 207 Scepter 248 Eagle 69 Serpents 34, 115 Fairy 281 Sheep 11 Fish 37, 49, 104, 169, 180, 209, 210, 230, Shrimp 184, 192 252, 253, 264, 266 Squirrels 106, 199, 269 Folklore 72, 209, 230 Sunrise 15 Frogs & Toads 80, 109, 115, 165 Swastikas 33, 36, 61, 129 Grapes 66, 82, 106, 199 Tangerine 12 Guitar 84 Tigers 93, 135, 277, 287 Horses 138, 198 Toads & Frogs 80, 109, 115, 165 Hydrangea 30 Turnips 160 Immortals 80, 288 to 295 Unicorns 185, 236, 300 Insects 41, 91, 112, 161, 165, 178, 226 Waterbuffalos 86, 158 i. Dragon chasing the Pearl. Symbol of the Emperor, Eternity, Beneficial forces of nature. Plum blossom. 2.. Symbol of Winter. 3. Butterfly and Flower. 4. Flower.
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