Panel (Furnishing Fabric)
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900
Medium
Center: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave (kossu); painted Side, top, and bottom tapes: silk, plain weave; outer edge tape: silk; top panel: silk, 1:1 simple gauze weave; embroidered with silk in stem stitches; edged with cotton; glazed; lined with cotton, plain weave
Dimensions
162.2 × 83.3 cm (63 7/8 × 32 3/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
150761
About the Artist
Manchu
"Manchu" is a cultural and ethnic designation used in museum collection records to identify objects, textiles, costumes, and decorative arts associated with the Manchu people, a Tungusic group originating from the regions northeast of the Great Wall of China. The Manchus rose to political dominance in 1644 when they conquered the declining Ming dynasty and established the Qing dynasty, which ruled...