Bedcover

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Textiles

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750/1800

China

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Department: Textiles

Title: Bedcover
Place: China (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1750–1800
Medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered in knot, satin, and split stitches; five loom widths joined
Dimensions: 274.8 × 265 cm (108 1/4 × 104 3/8 in.) Loom width (appro×imate): 72.4 cm (28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Martin and Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken
Reference Number: 1998.319
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John E. Vollmer, et al., “Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago,” published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 17-8, 54, cat. 4, plate II (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, An International Collection of Appliques, Embroidered and Pieced Bedcoverings, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2001), 8.

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 2000–Jan. 2, 2001, cat. 4.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, An International Collection of Appliquéd, Embroidered and Pieced Bedcoverings, Feb. 28–May 28, 2001, cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein East, A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today, July 11-Sept. 20, 2009.

Theresa Coleman Fine Arts, Ltd., Hong Kong, by June 18, 1998 [invoice, no. 612, June 18, 1998]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.

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