About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Culture
- Manchu
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Title
- Cushion Cover
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Place
- China (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1800–1825
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Medium
- Front and sides of irregular chair cushion. Satin stitch, stem stitch, knots and couching on yellow twill ground. Lined with coarse yellow damask. Cloud design. Front and sides of irregular chair cushion. 5 sided, 2 sides scalloped. Satin stitch, stem stitch, knots and couching on yellow twill ground. Center panel: symmetric design of lotus, bats, peonies, peaches, diamond symbols and scrolls on ground of all over blue swa etika altersating with pink quatrefoil in frame of 4 juiheads. Double gold stripe around central panel. Border and edge which covered thickness of cushion: blue scroll meander with peony, lotus, bats and diamonds. Lined with coarse yellow demask. Cloud design.
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Dimensions
- 62.3 × 66.3 cm (24 1/2 × 26 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Orientals
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Reference Number
- 1930.492
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/86496/manifest.json
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