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A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin, split and stem stitches; laid work and couching; edged with 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 supplementary patterning wefts.

Woman's Fan Cover

1890/1910, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

China

China

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin, split and stem stitches; laid work and couching; edged with 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 supplementary patterning wefts

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