Hanging Scroll (Furnishing Fabric)
1801–1850
- Medium
- 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
- Dimensions
- 232.4 × 92.2 cm (91 1/2 × 36 1/4 in.) Repeat (mount): 15.2 × 8.5 cm (6 × 3 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
qingsilk (fiber)furnishing textileTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving