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manchu-styleChinese (culture or style)East Asianasiantextileweaving

Date

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings

Dimensions

26.6 × 26.2 cm (10 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Oriental Department Sundry Trust Fund

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