Chinese Papercuts.

There is a long tradition of finely created papercuts in China. The traditional patterns normally relate to seasonal identifications such as The year of the Horse etc, Chinese Dragon emblems and historic references such as Peking Opera. As part of the Fashion Revolution China exhibition there will be a display of extremely rare papercuts created during the Mao years of the early Communist period in China. The exquisite papercuts depict  a strong cultural identity as well as reflecting the stylistic nature of the society at the time.