Weaving Han Brocade with Han Looms

A monograph in archaeology and the history of science and technology, spanning from artifact research to technological reconstruction.

一部从文物研究到工艺复原的考古学和科技史专著

At the end of 2012, four loom models and related artifacts were unearthed from the Laoguanshan Western Han Dynasty cemetery in Chengdu. These loom models represent the only patterned loom (jacquard loom) models ever discovered in Chinese archaeology and are also the earliest physical evidence of jacquard looms found anywhere in the world. In 1995, the "Five Stars Rise in the East and Benefit China" brocade arm protector was unearthed from the Niya cemetery in Xinjiang. This discovery is considered one of the greatest textile archaeological finds of 20th-century China and represents the most technically challenging Han brocade known to date.

The "Han Looms for Han Brocade" project described in this book is based on research conducted on the loom models excavated from the Laoguanshan Han dynasty cemetery. Using the weaving techniques of this type of pattern-controlled, multi-heddle jacquard loom, the project successfully reproduced Han brocade artifacts, including the "Five Stars Brocade" arm protector, thereby fully reconstructing the Han dynasty jacquard loom and its pattern-weaving technical system.

2012年年底成都老官山西汉墓中出土了四台织机模型及相关文物，是中国考古发现的唯一提花机模型，也是世界上发现最早的提花机实证。1995年，"五星出东方利中国"锦护膊在新疆尼雅墓地出土，堪称20 世纪中国最伟大的纺织考古发现之一，也是目前所知织造难度最大的汉锦。

本书述及的"汉机织汉锦"项目基于老官山汉墓出土织机模型展开研究，并运用这类一勾多综提花织机的织造技术复制出"五星出东方利中国"锦等汉锦实物，从而完整还原汉代提花织机及其提花织造技术体系。