id:			148522
accession number:	1976.1087
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.1087
updated:		2021-04-08 09:09:19.982000

Silk Panel with Dragon and Cloud Motif, c. 1700s-1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiangnan Imperial Factory. Silk and metal thread: Jacquard weave; overall: 373.4 x 71.1 cm (147 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of C. L. Burton 1976.1087

title:				Silk Panel with Dragon and Cloud Motif
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creation date:			c. 1700s-1800s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of C. L. Burton
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiangnan Imperial Factory
technique:	Silk and metal thread: Jacquard weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 373.4 x 71.1 cm (147 x 28 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-02-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Cecil L. Burton [1914-1987] and Mrs. Bettie Neff Burton [1913-2002], Orange Village, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976-
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wall description: 
This panel of silk produced in one of the imperial factories is the end part of a bolt of silk, some of which were shipped to Beijing as tax payments. The inscription woven into the lower body of the fabric reads <em>Jiangnan Silk Factory under Superintendent Wen Feng(?)</em>. An additional signature by the weaver is woven into the left corner.<br><br>Since the Southern Song dynasty in the 1100s, the production of silk for imperial use was increasingly concentrated in the Lower Yangzi Delta, also called Jiangnan. By the Ming and Qing dynasties the main official imperial workshops were situated in the region’s cities of Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Nanjing.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Spee, Clarissa von. "From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Arts of Asia</em> 48, no. 3 (May-June 2018): 50-56.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 54, fig. 6
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