Weaving China’s Past: The Amy S. Clague Collection of Chinese Textiles
编织中国史：凯莱格藏中国织品

Like painting and calligraphy, textile arts have long been appreciated by collectors and scholars of fine arts. This exhibition, assembled by collector Amy Sanders Clague, was organized around three major types of Chinese silk textiles: brocades, tapestries, and embroideries, ranging in date from the Song (960–1279) through the Qing (1644–1911) dynasties. The exhibition included Buddhist ritual items, decorations, banners, clothing, and throne covers. The items, some made with peacock-feather filaments and gold-embellished threads, depicted dragons in pursuit of flaming jewels, flying bats amid magnolias, Buddha flanked by white elephants, and other auspicious scenes.