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CHINESE TEXTILES
rope, and with them came the firrest Chinese textiles,
which were sold or bartered among the Europeans. Ex-
amples of Chinese brocaded satins dating from this pe-
riod still exist in Europe, and the influence of Chinese

FIG. 3· DETAIL OF THE EMPEROR's
SACRIFICIAL ROBE SHOWN IN FIGURE 20
patterns on European textiles was tremendous from the
fourteenth century on. The textile designs of Italy were
completely revolutionized during this period, and those
of other countries were affected to a greater or less de-
gree. So far as the satin weave in China is concerned, it
has for the last six or seven centuries been the most use-