1978 Fulong Guan Temple Hexagonal Lattice

Item

Title
1978 Fulong Guan Temple Hexagonal Lattice See all items with this value
Caption
Lattice See all items with this value
Identifier
WFC_083
Alternative Identifier
DEW_0021
Description
A group of three lattice windowpanes is arranged into six triangles with a diamond in the center. Within these base forms there are overlapping V-shapes that form a swastika in the center. Joining these dividing shapes are solid circle in the center surrounded by hexagonal lines. See all items with this value
Commentary
Don Willmott's wife Elizabeth Willmott is a professional artist. Having read Dan Dye's work on lattice, a facsimile of which had just been republished by Dover, the couple were fascinated with Chinese lattice. Elizabeth created many works of art that were inspired by Chinese lattice artists. See all items with this value
Creator
Donald Earl Willmott
Date Created
1978
Location
Dujiangyan, Sichuan See all items with this value
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/1809831/dujiangyan.html
Event
1978 Canadian School Delegation - Dujiangyan Visit
Original Format
color slide
Provenance
Passed down from Don Willmott to Cory Willmott. See all items with this value
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2025-02-15
Contributor
Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
References
Daniel S. Dye.1974. Chinese Lattice Designs. New York: Dover Pub.
https://archive.org/details/chineselatticede0000dyed
Media
WFC_083_1978_lattice.jpg
Resource class
Image