Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1801
- Dimensions
- 145.7 × 128.7 cm (57 3/8 × 50 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)
1890 · Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe
Ceremonial Hanging (Palepai)
1801 · Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe
Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)
1801 · Six loom widths: four loom widths of: silk, cotton and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton in back and straight stitches; laidwork and couching; embellished with metal-backed glass mirrors; and two loom widths of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, gold leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and gold-colored metal strip, in back, double running, split, stem, and surface satin stitches; laidwork and couching; embellished with metal-backed glass mirrors
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1801
- Dimensions
- 145.7 × 128.7 cm (57 3/8 × 50 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1801-108561
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
- verified