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Velvet Fabric for a Woman's Ao or Magua (Short Coat), Shoes, and Accessories
Manchu, ChinaLinkedCulture matchlcp-4aadf4559fc7
- Date
- Qing dynasty (1644–1911), about 1890
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut solid velvet
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 150168
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Woven Chinese silk has been coveted globally for thousands of years, ever since its development by the Yangshao culture of China (about 5000 to 3000 BCE). This silk velvet yardage is woven to shape, creating pattern pieces for a full-sleeved, short jacket that overlaps in front and would have been worn in informal domestic settings. To avoid wasting the expensive fabric, covers for matching shoes and other accessories were incorporated into the pattern in between the larger pieces.
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- Credit line
- Louise Lutz Endowment
- Provenance
- Wolfgang Ruf, Galerie Ruf, Emmetten, Switzerland, by 1998 [incoming receipt RX21929, Apr. 15, 1998; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.
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- Object type
- AAT300209261
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