Honored to be giving the Wanda Hollensteiner annual lecture to discuss this gorgeous blue dragon jacket (龙袄) and the commercial embroidery shops who produced these objects during the late Qing dynasty.
Talk: Dragon Robes, Cloud Collars, and Longevity Hangings: Objects from a Late Qing Chinese Embroidery Shop (Beloit College, 24th June 2025)
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Talk: Feather Satins & Orangutan Felts: a Material History of English Woolens in Qing China (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 25th May 2025)
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