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Incomplete Carpet

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1730s
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts, and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with silk, weft-float faced 1:7 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; four panels joined
Culture
China
Public Domain
Yes
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