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Hanging Scroll (Furnishing Fabric) by China, textile, 1801-1850

Hanging Scroll (Furnishing Fabric)

China

Year
1801-1850
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; mounting: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; outer edge mounting: silk, plain weave; outer wrapper: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 6:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in plain interlacings; inner wrapper: silk, plain weave; wooden scroll ends
Dimensions
232.4 × 92.2 cm (91 1/2 × 36 1/4 in.) Repeat (mount): 15.2 × 8.5 cm (6 × 3 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

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

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