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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