Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)
Han-Chinese
1775–1850
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper in satin stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave
- Dimensions
- 141.2 × 198.4 cm (55 5/8 × 78 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
qingsilk (fiber)needlework (visual works)costumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving
