Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt) by Han-Chinese, textile, 1870-1890

Woman's Qun (Semiformal Domestic Skirt)

Han-Chinese

Year
1870-1890
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, single satin, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; waistband: cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave
Dimensions
97.7 × 101.5 cm (38 1/2 × 40 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

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

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