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"description": "This European-style tapestry depicts a family gathering, in a woven Western picture frame, that presumably once furnished the Hall of Cultivating the Mind (Yangxin dian) in the Forbidden City. The tapestry employs Western perspective and shading combined with the traditional Chinese subject of a family gathering in a palace, including motifs expressing wishes for good fortune and for a peaceful reign.
In 1766, six French tapestries had been presented to the Chinese court. The Qianlong emperor was so intrigued that he commissioned tapestries in the French style from Suzhou. Records mention an imperial order for tapestries in the Western style, such as this one, in 1769, 1770, and 1775.",
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"conservation_statement": "Typically, large tapestries such as this one would have a strip of 5.1 cm (2 in.) wide Velcro hand stitched to the top back edge and the tapestry would hang vertically on the wall supported only by the Velcro. Because of this tapestry\u2019s fragility, the decision was made to display it at an angle. A thin layer of polyester batting was first secured to the slanted display surface to provide additional support overall.",
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"alternate_titles": [
"Birthday of a Prince"
],
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}
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