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Ge Jia textiles: baby carriers

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image © Andrew Dudley
Jpeg 104 ge-jia-emb-bc-1.2e Detail of embroidered Ge Jia baby carier in the collection of Andrew Dudley
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A detail of an embroidered Ge Jia baby carrier, originally from Huangping county, Guizhou province, in the collection of Andrew Dudley which was purchased in Kaili in 1997. On the forum Andrew said: "Here is a baby carrier that still has its original 1930-1940 (probably) colours. Unfortunately, the maker missed one line of inner bordering on the lower piece of tubu (hand spun and woven) cloth which elongates the lower groups of butterflies and spoils the overall effect. Still, it's useful to see what the colours on Bill's two old baby carriers (shown left and right below) would have looked like."
image © Bill Hornaday
image © Andrew Dudley
image © Bill Hornaday
to Jpeg 89K GJ01 An embroidered Ge Jia baby carrier from the collection of Bill Hornaday. About 12 years ago Bill found this baby carrier in Bangkok and bought it knowing nothing about it. He had previously not been exposed to Miao textiles from China and was so inspired by it that he immediately flew to China. These Ge Jia embroideries are now some of Bill's favourites and, as he says, there is something 'both beautiful and powerful' about them.
to Jpeg 92K gjembc1.1 an embroidered Ge Jia baby carrier in Andrew Dudley's collection probably from the 1930s-1940s
to Jpeg 72K An beautiful embroidered Ge Jia baby carrier from the collection of Bill Hornaday. On the forum he said of this baby carrier: "As to questions regarding Baby Carrier 2 (the one shown above) the wax-resist straps are clearly indigo and seem even darker in real life than the pic. This piece is clearly very old as the straps while old do not seem to be the first set of straps used on the carrier. Because of the quality of the Baby Carrier itself, I would have loved to see the original straps.It seems evident that this piece has been used by multiple generations. It seems as if the silk thread has been faded whether by sun or by washing it is imposible to say. There are definite signs of wear, and one place has a 3/4 inch patch. One has only to feel it to realize that it has a feel that comes from serious age."
Bill Hornaday's Ge Jia baby carrier number 1

Andrew's complete Ge Jia embroidered baby carrier - detail shown above - is originally from Huangping county, Guizhou province. It is in a similar design to Bill's and has still retained its original colours from the second quarter of the 20th century.

Bill Hornaday's Ge Jia baby carrier number 2
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To access the Ge Jia threads from which this photogallery and associated material has been created go to the forum and click 'Search' - one of the top right hand buttons on the screen - and input 'Ge Jia'

for further photogalleries of Ge Jia textiles see Ge Jia textiles: jackets and Ma Tang village, Kaili city
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