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Fragments (Dress Fabric)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), (exported to Japan, c. 1750/89), c. 1750
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
284.7 × 69.2 cm (112.1 × 27.2 in)

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