Coverlet
1625–1675
- Medium
- Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in Chinese knot, eyelet, feather, satin, single satin, split and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; underlined with linen, plain weave; lined with cotton plain weave; edged with silk plain weave paired warp
- Dimensions
- 263.2 × 222.2 cm (103 5/8 × 87 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
qingsilk (fiber)mingcoverletneedlework (visual works)Textilepaper (fiber product)weaving