Mirror Case

Textiles

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900

China

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Mirror Case
Place: China (Artist's nationality:)
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 1875–1900
Medium: Embroidered on gauze
Dimensions: 17.3 × 19.6 cm (7 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Russell Tyson
Reference Number: 1964.1021
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Carl Schuster (1904-1969), Woodstock, New York, by 1954 [reportedly collected in 1931 or 1932; incoming receipt, RX1458, Dec. 30, 1954; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Russell Tyson (1867–1963), Chicago, probably 1955 [letter from Margaret Gentles to R. Tyson, June 7, 1955; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1964.

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