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Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)

Han-Chinese

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork details

Date:
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850/1900
Medium:
Silk and cotton, plain weaves and silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in chain, eyelet, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; collar and edge trim: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 and 6:1 satin weaves; lined with ramie, plain weave
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
5195 × 4500 px
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