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Hanging Scroll (Furnishing Fabric)
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Hanging Scroll (Furnishing Fabric)

China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1801/50 · Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; mounting: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; outer edge mounting: silk, plain weave; outer wrapper: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 6:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in plain interlacings; inner wrapper: silk, plain weave; wooden scroll ends

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

Credit lineHanging Scroll (Furnishing Fabric). Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1801/50. China. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. William J. Calhoun through The Antiquarian Society. CC0.

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