Caption
Woman’s Surcoat, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1860/90, Han-Chinese, China, Body: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped wild silk in laid work and couching, neck, front, hem, sides and sleeves: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk wrapped cotton in knot, satin and stem stitches, laid work and couching, edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin and stem stitches, laid work and couching, three ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave self-patterned by main warp floats (narrowest has gold-leaf-over-lacquered-strip-wrapped silk), lined with silk, plain weave, 97.5 × 130.2 cm (38 3/8 × 51 1/4 in.)
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Chicago, The Art Institute
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection/Artokoloro
Reference
LZT20A40_021
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49,3Mb (2,0Mb) / 16,0in x 12,0in / 4800 x 3587 (300dpi)