Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt)

Textiles

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1870/90

Han-Chinese
China

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Culture: Han-Chinese
Title: Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt)
Origin: China
Date: 1870–1890
Medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, single satin, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; waistband: cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave
Dimensions: 97.7 × 101.5 cm (38 1/2 × 40 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick
Reference Number: 1957.546

The Art Institute of Chicago. “Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago.” Museum Studies, vol. 26, no. 2 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), pp. 50-1, 75, cat. no. 64, pl. XXXIV.

The 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, September 13, 2000–January 2, 2001

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