Ceremonial Textiles

1801–1900

Medium: a: Cotton and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), bands of plain weave; knotted main warp fringe b: Cotton, bast fiber (probably ramie), and gold-leaf-on-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie) bands of plain weave, weft resist dyed (weft ikat) plain weave and weft-faced plain weave; knotted main warp fringe c: Cotton, silk, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), bands of plain weave, main warp fringe
Dimensions: a: 154.6 × 50.8 cm (60 7/8 × 20 in.); b: 126.3 × 43.4 cm (49 3/4 × 17 1/8 in.); c: 144.4 × 74.3 cm (56 7/8 × 29 1/4 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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