Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

China

mingqingtextileweaving

Date

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)/Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1600/50

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details

Dimensions

236.5 × 171.3 cm (93 1/8 × 67 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair Collection

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