The Integration of Chinese and Thai Silk Art in Royal Ceremonial Fans: A Case Study of the Commemorative Fan for the Cerebration of the Wehart Chamun Throne Hall

Siyu Wu; Feng Zhao

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The Integration of Chinese and Thai Silk Art in Royal Ceremonial Fans: A Case Study of the Commemorative Fan for the Cerebration of the Wehart Chamun Throne Hall

Volume 6, Issue 5

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The Integration of Chinese and Thai Silk Art in Royal Ceremonial Fans: A Case Study of the Commemorative Fan for the Cerebration of the Wehart Chamun Throne Hall
The Integration of Chinese and Thai Silk Art in Royal Ceremonial Fans: A Case Study of the Commemorative Fan for the Cerebration of the Wehart Chamun Throne Hall
1.College of Fashion and Design, Donghua University, Shanghai, 200051, China
2.School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310028, China
Vol. 6, Issue 5, Pages: 107-112(2025)
Published：30 October 2025
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786524.20250605
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Wu Siyu,Zhao Feng.The Integration of Chinese and Thai Silk Art in Royal Ceremonial Fans: A Case Study of the Commemorative Fan for the Cerebration of the Wehart Chamun Throne Hall[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(05):107-112.
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Wu Siyu,Zhao Feng.The Integration of Chinese and Thai Silk Art in Royal Ceremonial Fans: A Case Study of the Commemorative Fan for the Cerebration of the Wehart Chamun Throne Hall[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2025,06(05):107-112. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786524.20250605.

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Abstract

The Wehart Chamun Throne Hall

located within the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace

was completed in 1889 as a Chinese-style pavilion funded and dedicated to King Rama V by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Siam. This paper takes the Commemorative Fan for the Celebration of the Wehart Chamun Throne Hall as its primary object of study

combining analyses of form

silk craftsmanship

and decorative motifs to examine the interaction and integration of Chinese and Thai silk art in royal ceremonial objects. Furthermore

it explores the silk trade and the networks of Chinese merchant families that underpinned this artistic and cultural exchange. The study reveals that the commemorative fan serves as a tangible embodiment of Sino–Thai cultural hybridity

merging symbols of Siamese kingship with the artisanal aesthetics of Chinese silk weaving. Beyond its role as a ceremonial emblem within the royal court

the fan also stands as a material witness to the entanglement of silk

belief

and power in the late nineteenth century.

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