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Cushion Cover

Manchu

Art Institute of Chicago

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Date:
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1700/50
Medium:
Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp float faced 2:1 'S' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
2322 × 2250 px
Museum record:
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