Cushion Cover

Textiles

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1801/25

Manchu
China

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Manchu
Title: Cushion Cover
Place: China (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1800–1825
Medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave over paper and over gold leaf on lacquered paper; two panels joined; edged with four-strand warp twining; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave
Dimensions: 118.2 × 120.1 cm (46 1/2 × 47 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Russell Tyson
Reference Number: 1946.950
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“Chicago’s Fabulous Collectors: Art Institute Announces It Will Get Treasures From Their Homes,” Life (Nov. 3, 1952), 100.
John E. Vollmer, “Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago,” published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 24-5, 57, 91, cat. 14, plate V.

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 2000–Jan. 2, 2001, cat. 14.

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