Artworks

Manchu

Silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ribbons: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, stripes of satin weave and stripes of plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge) and of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps with extended weft loops (one edge); edging and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weaves; metal buttons · 1900

Manchu

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin damask weave; facings: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, one with extended ground weft loop fringe, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and self-patterning ground wefts; sleeve facings: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in flat, knot, and Pekinese stitches; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work and couching; trim and closures: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; lined with silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave · 1880

Chinese

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, single satin, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; waistband: cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave · 1870

Han-Chinese

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in knot, single satin, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; waistband: cotton, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave · 1870

Gertrude Rapp

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning wefts; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment · 1830

Anna Maria Garthwaite

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps · 1752

Anna Maria Garthwaite

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps · 1752

Morgan Courtois

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary facing wefts and brocading wefts, and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts; two fragments pieced · 1732

Guillaume Courtois

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary facing wefts and brocading wefts, and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts; two fragments pieced · 1732

Jacques Courtois

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary facing wefts and brocading wefts, and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts; two fragments pieced · 1732

Jacques-Marin Courtois

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary facing wefts and brocading wefts, and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts; two fragments pieced · 1732

Guillaume Courtois

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary facing wefts and brocading wefts, and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts; two fragments pieced · 1732

Courtois

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps, supplementary facing wefts and brocading wefts, and self-patterned by two-color complementary ground wefts; two fragments pieced · 1732

Jean Revel

Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts · 1730