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A work made of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped linen in laidwork and couching: edged with silk, plain weave with extended weft cut fringe; lined with silk and cotton, satin weave.

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Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1700

China

China

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped linen in laidwork and couching: edged with silk, plain weave with extended weft cut fringe; lined with silk and cotton, satin weave

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