Provenance
Mary V. Hays (1920-2002, born Van Artsdalen) and Ralph E. Hays (1920-2010), Los Gatos, CA, by Oct. 29, 1999 [incoming receipt RX22608, Oct. 29, 1999; copy in curatorial object file]; given to Art Institute of Chicago, 2004.
Fragments (Dress Fabric)
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), (exported to Japan, c. 1750/89), c. 1750
Accession Number
153767
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
284.7 × 69.2 cm (112 1/8 × 27 1/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays
