路易十五“中国题材”挂毯寻踪

Louis XV's‘Chinese-Themed’Tapestries Reconsidered

本文利用新发现的档案和实物材料,推断路易十五送给乾隆皇帝的“中国题材”挂毯至少有四件尚存于世。作者通过对故宫博物院藏四件玻璃底片上的挂毯照片,与欧洲现存“中国题材”挂毯实物和设计原稿进行对比,发现路易十五送给乾隆皇帝的这套挂毯在规格和图像内容上都作了相当大的改动。这种改动显示出法国将其作为国礼时所进行的变通。相关信息的追踪,不但丰富了我们对“中国题材”挂毯织作史和流通史的认识,也为探讨中法宫廷交往和文化交流提供了丰富的细节线索和样本。

It is inferred by the newly-discovered archives and objects that there remain no fewer than four pieces of the‘Chinese-themed’tapestries gifted from Louis XV to Emperor Qianlong(乾隆).The contrast analysis between the tapestries on four glass photographic plates in the Palace Museum and the same-themed ones in Europe finds that the tapestries Louis XV presented to Emperor Qianlong are very much modified in size and motif as national gifts in design.The data gathered in the research extend the knowledge about the history of‘Chinese-themed’tapestry woven and circulated,and witness Sino-French court interaction and communication in culture with the details and objects for reference.