Manchu. Bed Curtain. 1650–1750. China. center panel and inner borders silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7 1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1 3 'S' twill interlacings; outer border silk, warp-float faced 5 1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1 2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with cotton, plain weave

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Size: 2878px × 3000px
Photo credit: © WBC ART / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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