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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

A work made of silk, wool, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; edged with ramie and wool, weft-faced plain weave; lined with cotton, weft-float faced 4:1 satin weave.

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  • A work made of silk, wool, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; edged with ramie and wool, weft-faced plain weave; lined with cotton, weft-float faced 4:1 satin weave.

Date:

Republic period (1912–1949), 1930/40

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

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 1930–1940

Medium

Silk, wool, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; edged with ramie and wool, weft-faced plain weave; lined with cotton, weft-float faced 4:1 satin weave

Dimensions

266 × 133.3 cm (104 3/4 × 52 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Honoré Palmer

Reference Number

1938.1303

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