Cushion Cover

Textiles

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800

Manchu
China

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Manchu
Title: Cushion Cover
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 1775–1800
Medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching
Dimensions: 84.1 × 90.3 × 12.7 cm (33 1/8 × 35 1/2 × 5 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Edward B. Butler through the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1916.135
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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): 57, cat. 13 (ill.).

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. 13.

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