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It specialised in weaving paintings and photographs into tapestries such as this.  \r\n\r\nThe image woven on this piece is based on an award-winning photograph by Hungarian photographer Erno Vardas in 1934. The original photograph is in black and white, so the colours here were selected by the weaver. The woven picture successfully captures the essence of light of the original photograph.  \r\n\r\nThe factory's fortunes suffered a decline in 1937 with the onset of the Sino-Japanese war and the Japanese Occupation. However, it resumed business sometime after the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and during the Cultural Revolution years it operated under the name of 'Hangzhou East is Red Silk Factory', producing propaganda images. The Museum has some of these pictures in the collection.","physicalDescription":"Machine-woven brocade of a flock of geese in the woods, based on Hungarian photographer Erno Vardas' award-winning photograph taken in 1934.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Du Jinsheng Silk Factory","id":"A18309"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (fiber)","id":"AAT14072"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Jacquard woven silk","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"}],"styles":[{"text":"20th century second quarter","id":"x36093"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2007BN0680"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"74","id":"THES49720"},"free":"","case":"CA003","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Picture","id":"x40607"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Hangzhou","id":"x40229"},"association":{"text":"woven","id":"AAT53642"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1934-1937","earliest":"1934-01-01","latest":"1937-12-31"},"association":{"text":"woven","id":"AAT53642"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"51.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"27.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Trade mark of factory","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Cong Zhong Yi Qun","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"A Flock in the Woods","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Historical significance: From the first factory to weave pictures industrially in China, part of China's initial industrialisation process. Factory suffered demise after Japanese invasion in 1937, but was re-established after establishment of People's Republic of China. During Cultural Revolution years factory took the name of the Hangzhou Dongfang Hong Factory, and printed silk pictures of communist leaders such as Mao Zedong and Lenin.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'Cong Zhong Yi Qun', brocade picture showing a flock of geese in the woods, made by Du Jinsheng Silk Factory, Hangzhou, China, 1934-1937","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Goose","id":"x31614"},{"text":"woodlands","id":"AAT157169"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"A machine-woven picture for the home\n\nEstablished in 1922, the Du Jinsheng factory in Hangzhou was China’s first to industrialise silk manufacture for larger-scale production. It specialised in weaving paintings and photographs into tapestries for display in people’s homes. This example, woven in the 1930s, is a colourful interpretation of a black and white photograph by the Hungarian photographer Erno Vardas.\n\nTapestry with geese \n‘Congzhong yiqun’ (A Flock in the Wood), 1934–37\nManufactured by Du Jinsheng Silk Weaving Factory, China \nJacquard-woven silk \nMuseum no. FE.141-2006\n\nThe object sits in the 'Automation and Labour' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.\r\n","date":{"text":"2021","earliest":"2021-01-01","latest":"2021-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["FE.141-2006"],"accessionNumberNum":"141","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":2006,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-13","recordCreationDate":"2006-12-11","availableToBook":false}}