Exhibition place：Xinyou Archive Center

Exhibition time：2014.10 - 2014.12

Born in 1930 in Yexian (present day Laizhou) Shangdong Province, WANG Xu was an important scholar in the archeological study of Chinese textiles. An educational display of WANG Xu’s research and documents on Chinese resist-dyeing. Exhibition objects and materials include WANG Xu’s documentation of textiles found in tombs in Turfan and Dunhuang dating from the 4th to the 8th century AD, and the resist-dyeing works of WANG Dan, his daughter, following WANG Xu’s research. Wang Xu also created a series of experiments in four areas: stitch tie-dyeing, clamp folding dyeing, knot dyeing and tie-dyeing. His experiments, documents and conclusions will be presented for the public.