Date
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Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; lined with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave
Dimensions
101.5 × 104.9 cm (40 × 41 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Russell Tyson
Reference Number
1958.305
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Jack Sewell, Ming-Ch‘ing Dynasties, a.d. 1368-1644, a.d. 1644-1912, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1964).
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): 26, 58, 91-2, cat. 17, plate VII (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, Ming Ch’ing: The Arts of China 14th-20th Century, Aug. 7–Oct. 11, 1964, cat.
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. 17.
Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum, The Last Empresses of China, Aug. 18, 2018–Feb. 10, 2019.
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