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Cushion Cover

Manchu · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1700/50

Provenance

Ownership history

C. T. Loo (Loo Cheng-tsai), New York, by Dec. 18, 1958 [incoming receipt RX2430, Dec. 18, 1957; Pearlstein 2000, 92]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Art Institute of Chicago, Ming Ch'ing: The Arts of China 14th-20th Century, Aug. 7–Oct. 11, 1964, cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept.13, 2000–Jan. 2, 2001, cat. 17.
Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum, The Last Empresses of China, Aug. 18, 2018–Feb. 10, 2019.

Literature

Jack Sewell, Ming-Ch‘ing Dynasties, a.d. 1368-1644, a.d. 1644-1912, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1964).
John E. Vollmer, et al., "Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago," published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 26, 58, 91-2, cat. 17, plate VII (ill.).
Elinor Pearlstein, "Color, Life, and Moment: Early Chicago Collectors of Chinese Textiles," in "Clothed to Rule the Universe: Ming and Qing Dynasty Textiles at The Art Institute of Chicago," Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26, no. 2 (2000): 80-93.

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