Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1793, Zheng Wuda? (Hui- chang, active c. 1793), Han-Chinese, China, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk, peacock-feather-wrapped silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper in surface satin stitches, laid work and couching, appliquéd with forms of silk, plain weaves between two layers of paper, some with gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered paper, and embroidered with silk in chain and knot stitches, needle looping with laid thread and darned bars, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching, edged with cotton, plain weave, lined with ramie, plain weave, metal button, 139.6 × 156.2 cm (55 × 61 1/2 in.)
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Vestment, First-degree Taoist Priest, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, 1793, Zheng Wuda?, Hui- chang, active c. 1793, Han-Chinese, China, Silk, warp-float faced 7, 1 satin weave, embroidered, silk, peacock-feather-wrapped silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper, surface satin stitches, laid work, couching, appliquéd, forms, plain weaves, two layers, paper, gold-, silver-leaf-over-lacquered paper, chain, knot stitches, needle looping, laid thread, darned bars, edged, cotton, plain weave, lined, ramie, metal button, 139.6
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