Event
Conservation Cart Talk | Choosing Materials for Chinese Hanging Scrolls
Join Chinese painting conservator Xiangmei Gu to explore how she selects materials when mounting paintings as hanging scrolls. Learn how she chooses silks for the borders, lines them with Xuan paper, and dyes them with Chinese watercolors to create harmony with the delicate Chinese paintings.
Try your hand at picking the right color and experience the trial and error process. Plus, examine and handle the silks, papers, pigments, and brushes used in this traditional practice.
Ultimately, you'll learn how these materials support the conservation of Chinese paintings in our collections.
Image: Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
On View At
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art is made up of two buildings—the West Building (Freer Gallery of Art) and the adjoining East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery).
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily