Cushion Cover by Manchu China, textile, 1700-1750

Cushion Cover

Manchu China

Year
1700-1750
Medium
Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp float faced 2:1 'S' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave
Dimensions
104.1 × 106.2 cm (41 × 41 3/4 in.); Repeat: 15.2 × 7.5 cm (6 × 3 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
China
Period
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

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