The Emperor Sailing, from The Story of the Emperor of China

Medium

Wool, silk, and silvered- and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2:2 plain interlacings of silvered-and-gilt-metal wefts

Dimensions

385.8 × 355 cm (151 3/4 × 139 3/4 in.)

Classification

weaving - tapestry

Department

Textiles

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

189775