Textile ArtsChinese

Textile

Classification

Textile Arts

Medium

Fiber

Culture

Chinese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Textile Arts

Imperial Tribute Silk with Decorative Medallions Including the Auspicious Characters "Shou" (Longevity) and "Wan" (Ten-Thousand) within Scrolling Borders of Stylized Dragons

Unknown Artist, probably second half 19th century

Yellow silk with selvedges intact; the basic fabric in tabby weave, the decorative medallions in damask weave

19th centuryChinese

Textile Arts

Manchu Woman's Formal Domestic Robe with Roundels of Cranes, Butterflies and Plum Blossom Branches

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Satin with designs in slit tapestry weave (“kesi”)

Imperial Robe with Dragon Decor

Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century

18th-19th centuryChinese

Woman's Square, Scallop-Edged Collar with Floral Roundels

Unknown Artist, 14th-17th century

Silk

14th-17th centuryChinese

Textile Arts

Rectangular Silk Fragment Depicting a Portion of a Five-Clawed Dragon amid Clouds and Auspicious Symbols

Unknown Artist

'Kesi' silk tapestry fragment

Unknown Artist, 19th century

19th centuryChinese

Textile Arts

Imperial Robe with Dragon Decor

Unknown Artist, Yongzheng period, 1723-1735

Silk in 'kesi' tapestry weave, selected elements woven with metallic gold threads and with peacock-feather filaments

18th centuryChinese