Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)
Han-Chinese
1850–1900
- Medium
- Silk and cotton, plain weaves and silk, plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in chain, eyelet, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; collar and edge trim: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 and 6:1 satin weaves; lined with ramie, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 141.8 × 162.9 cm (55 3/4 × 64 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
qingsilk (fiber)needlework (visual works)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving
